IndIa's Geo-Strategic maneuversin Afghanistan: Soft Power Approach

India's approach towards Afghanistan has been linked to the cementing of Indo-Afghan relations through democratic establishment of Afghanistan. However, Pakistan has played an extensive vigor to effectuate this ‘policy’ and poor Indo-Afghan relations. The rise of Taliban proved a major breakthrough for Pakistan and India's security policy and security, both seemed to be a failure. However, in the process of India's position with respect to support to Afghanistan historically proved beneficial to India. India's policy towards Afghanistan has been of a ‘long-term stability of Afghanistan’. Moreover, reconstruction program of Afghanistan was also aimed to also procure India's strategicinterests. India enunciated thus of a ‘multi-pronged proactive policy of power configuration which Pakistan was trying to pull in its favor by gaining strategic depth in Afghanistan. India, in an environment of instability and crisis in Afghanistan, has been successful to increase significantly to the maintenance of ties between the two countriesi.