Why is India quietly boosting ties with Afghanistan's Taliban?

Shunning Kabul would virtually ensure less concern about anti-India terrorism

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Taliban members celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on August 15, 2023. © Reuters

Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the think tank RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, California, and an adjunct professor in the practice of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.

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