Modi's Afghan Capers

Indians are heckling the US for suddenly withdrawing from Afghanistan. Though the withdrawal wasn’t sudden as everyone implies, nobody expected the turmoil it has led to with the Taliban quickly seizing power again. The US isn’t bothered much, it will get past this. It is India that looks stupid and left holding the baby and worried about what will happen in the region. On August 17, PM Modi typically held a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to figure out what to do. As dumb as Modi and his EAM, Jaishankar, is, they are always unfailingly late to these situations. Modi was late on Covid, was late on the 2^nd round of Covid and is late on the Afghan issue too. You have to wonder what magical discussions happened in this CCS meet:

If you see the headline the concern is a lot about the Chinese funding Taliban and taking control of Afghanistan indirectly. Others are worried that terrorism in Kashmir will grow now that the Taliban is in control and in partnership with Pakistan. This is an unnecessary worry. Terrorism hasn’t stopped in Kashmir so the chances of it growing are minimal. In the churning that has happened in Afghanistan, India loses almost everything. Apart from the billions of dollars sunk in investments for nation-building in that country, India stands to lose influence on events there. The US, China, Pakistan will retain a good bit of influence but India will be left holding the baby. And even so, there are idiots who cannot stop crying for the Afghans and like this one and like “Raja Babu” Modi they want to take in all Afghans who can escape to India:

It is outright disgusting that Modi wants to take in Afghans without any limit or scrutiny while he brags about feeding 80cr “Bhooka-Nanga” in India for the last one and a half years. The elites like Kiran Shaw wouldn’t want one single tent of refugees near their bungalows. They would instantly complain to the police. The only ones that will struggle more are the ones in the slums who will be swamped with more useless population. ModiSarkar has set up an online “Emergency Visa” system for the Afghans wanting to escape the Taliban. All this just for him to look good with more lipstick and make up:

All of Modi’s decisions in such situations are knee-jerk and thoughtless while he ignores the real emergencies under his watch. The US did not start withdrawing on August 17 when the CCS meet was held by Modi. The US was also not the only country. Since the deal with Taliban was made in February 2020, many countries like Australia, Britain, Belgium, New Zealand etc. have slowly withdrawn from Afghanistan. The US was also withdrawing its troops and had reduced dramatically by August. The Taliban started taking over towns from July 9 onwards while Modi and Jaishankar were sleeping. They were sleeping till the Taliban had entered Kabul and running riot all over the place. And then Jaishankar grandly tweets how difficult it was to get the Indian staff to the airport and out of Kabul:

Before putting on such incompetence on display, Jaishankar was also giving worthless speeches at the UNSC. Schoolgirl speeches with the same old moth-eaten lines as “Terrorism has no religion… Terrorism has no nation”. Nobody in the world cares about such childish garbage from a billion plus country. And that’s the reason India has become a wimp among all the major nations. Our foreign policies are not driven by our “self-interests” and systematic pursuits but a megalomaniac “Raja Babu” who thinks it’s his “personal” equation that drives them.

Modi is on record stating that self-interest is not in India’s culture. He danced with Obama, even calling him by his first name “Barrack” as if they were “Langotiya” friends and Obama resoundingly slapped him with a comment on religious intolerance under Modi. Covid struck India on January 30, 2020 but Modi was again ignorant. He went off to dance with Trump on February 24 at Ahmedabad. He didn’t wake up to Covid till March 20 and his stilly “Taali Bajao, Ghanti Bajao” scheme. In 2019 he danced with Trump at Houston with “Ab ki baar Trump Sarkar”. Trump was gone faster than the wind. Modi’s dhoti, fish and Idli nonsense with Xi Jinping also ended up in the dustbin. Now they are not on hugging or kissing terms. Afghanistan? Gone! In the meanwhile, Modi did get the highest Afghan award of “Amir Amanullah Khan” for his services to Afghanistan.

It’s laughable how Modi turned India into a coolie for US and NATO to do all the donkey work in Afghanistan. And now, it’s all gone. Trump even mocked Modi for building a library in Kabul as if they desperately needed one. The brainless jerks that GOI and MEA are, they had welcomed the US deal with Taliban. What did these fools expect? That that Taliban will come singing with flowers to garland the books in the library and do Saraswati Puja?

All of Modi’s foreign policies were mostly driven by his so-called “personal” rapport with other leaders. When that rapport is gone, the relations also dim. India spent billions in Afghanistan hoping to gain some influence in that border state of Pakistan but all that is now gone. India should have never done anything other than serve humanitarian needs like food or medicine in Afghanistan. First the UPA and then a bigger jump by Modi demonstrated India’s lack of prudence and vision in the region. Afghanistan has always been a country of tribes and warlords almost eternally at war. And they will probably remain so. In the process, they have slaughtered Hindus and Sikhs from a sizeable population to nothing:

The report above seems to suggest the Taliban had rather left the Hindus alone. For Hindus, the GOI must never help any Afghan other than Hindus and Sikhs. A Sikh Canadian minister has openly welcomed Sikhs to Canada. India should not take in any Afghans other than Hindus and Sikhs. Where Afghan Muslims are concerned, it is for them to fight their own battles as the Taliban is the greatest example of what Islam really is. The Afghan Muslims also have the option to go to Pakistan or other Muslim countries. SAARC, BRICS, NAM all lie in shambles and that's a good indication of India's lack of prudence.

The Islam and Sharia that Taliban practices is also practiced by Saudi Arabia. Only that the rulers of Saudis are richer and better dressed and probably brush their teeth every day. Afghanistan is also proof of what was once a Hindu land, with Hindu people and what happens when Islam becomes the religion of the majority. The warnings are already there for India becoming a Talibanised country with murderous Sharia practices:

Muslims in India secretly adore and love the Taliban because they represent the TRUE FACE of Islam. Majority of Muslims also support Islamic courts and Sharia. Modi is not a very educated man or a man with vision or prudence. There is no need to take in any Afghans unless they are Hindus or non-Muslims who face persecution. The only help India must provide is humanitarian and not stock up more worthless refugees. We are not a rich country that can afford it. Modi’s Afghan capers will cost India and Hindus more than before.

 

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