Abstract
Afghanistan is rightly acknowledged as the ‘graveyard of empires’ and it is unclear who coined this historical
phrase, but historical events have proved it right. America’s longest war, just short of 20 years, ended with the
withdrawal of America with heavy human and financial losses in Afghanistan. Taliban acclaimed this
withdrawal as a ‘great victory’ and they swiftly regained control over Afghanistan in few days. During the
American occupation, Afghanistan became the centre of Indo-Pak rivalry, both countries executed their hostile
geo-strategic agendas in Afghanistan. Ashraf Ghani’s pro-Indian government enhanced the mistrust of
Pakistan. The Indian heavy investment opened a new horizon of friendship between India and Afghanistan. But
this Indian investment sunk with the American withdrawal and re-emergence of the Taliban. The neighbouring
countries were directly or indirectly affected by war and crises in Afghanistan. After this new change, Iran,
Central Asia, Russia, India, China and Pakistan has changed their diplomatic approach towards Afghanistan.
This new Taliban’s regime in Afghanistan has totally reshaped the Indo-Pak geo-strategic politics in
Afghanistan. In this article, historical, descriptive and analytical methods have been utilized. All the information
is arranged in chronological order and according to its occurrence.
Ghulam Shabbir, Ali Raza , Ahtissham Butt. (2022) THE RE-EMERGENCE OF TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE INDO-PAK GEO-STRATEGIC POLITICS , Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, volume 59, issue 2.
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