To Build Bridges in Afghanistan, Deploy India-Pakistan Nation-Builders
To Build Bridges in Afghanistan, Deploy India-Pakistan Nation-Builders
by Kaustav Dhar Chakrabarti
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The debate on Afghan nation building has pivoted on the duration of America’s presence. The concept of joint India-Pakistan teams across military training, government and development spectrums, presents a wildcard that carries the potential of correcting systemic flaws and resource deficiencies, and also promises to reduce deep rooted mistrusts between rivals India and Pakistan. Joint Indo-Pak nation building teams could concurrently yield four positive results-provide additional resources, bridge ethnic and political polarities, foster cooperation between India and Pakistan and device means to enable them to verify each other’s role, and ultimately, present a mechanism to ensure Afghanistan’s neutrality.
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Kaustav Chakrabarti is a junior fellow in the Centre for International Relations at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. His research interests include Pakistan, insurgency, civil military relations, and nuclear security.
