Kabul-Delhi Nexus
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2018
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UMT.lahore
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Delhi projected strategic depth by soft power presents substantial opportunities and impasses for Kabul. Exclusively for capacity building, infrastructure and security around its own growth center in Afghanistan. This research juxtaposes a set of overlapping perspectives emerging political order versus regional nuclear power’s cold war in Afghanistan additionally fragile versus developmental states, new regionalisms, new alliances, and resource conflicts to analyses the present and prospective implications for development and peace in Afghanistan. This thesis is about, the nexus between Kabul and Delhi and its implication for regional peace and security order in post 9/11 scenario. Also crucial in determining this outcome is whether or not a dilemma for the stakeholders in the region. On the other hand continent’s superpower's can facilitate or mediate this process given its own national interest and human development concerns, the myth of Afghanistan peace process will remain important in the discussion. Landlocked country Afghanistan is a junction among Central Asia, West Asia and South Asia and it has been the central point of Silk Road and human migration. Secondly Afghanistan remained catalyst in the spread of Islam by shaping the sub-continent politics and Muslim invasion of India from sultan age period to Mughal Empire. An interval of all three Asia’s remained the trade hub and crossroad. A buffer zone during the British raj and remained battle field for two Super power’s proxy war during cold war now a connecter of energy rich and energy hungry countries in the region. Moreover the Qualitative Research technique is applied to this research with the help of interpretive design and comparative methods. Beside this the Regional Security Complex theory application further examine this research work. Conclusively this parley emphasis on the geo-strategic importance of Afghanistan and geo-political momentum of the regional players and highlight their role of socio-political and economic purposes in the region.