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I’m saying Hindu nationalism and Taliban represent different strains of illiberalism that are incompatible with each other AND with liberalism. India’s previous 90s posture on Afghanistan was formed against a backdrop of chaotic coalitionism and Kashmir terror, not ideology.
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If you are concerned with Taliban barbarism and Western liberalism cannot offer you a standpoint from which to denounce it while Hindu nationalism can, that is an interesting situation
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Akshay is right in the other replies. The posture today is not really distinguishable from the last 60 years. Basic realpolitik shaped primarily by Pakistan and Kashmir. Any lofty positions on Afghanistan itself is just shallow PR.