How Pakistani Army Underestimated Afghan Taliban & Is Paying For It |

In August 2021 when the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, Pakistan was more than elated. The Pakistani security establishment thought it had gained strategic depth in the neighbouring country and had ousted India from there.
The Pakistani joy didn’t last long. If the Pakistanis thought the Afghan Taliban would play second fiddle, they were stunned to the core. The TTP that shares a deep ideological bond with the Afghan Taliban has unleashed a wave of terror attacks on Pakistani soil and refuses to be cowed.
Political instability and the consolidation of terrorist organisations in Afghanistan pose a direct threat to US $60 billion plus worth of Chinese investments in CPEC projects in Pakistan, including the Gwadar port in Balochistan.
In this interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, former Intelligence Officer R Kumar and Shalini Chawla, a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, share their views on what went wrong with the Pakistani Army’s calculations, the Chinese engagement with the Taliban and how India should deal with the changed ground realities in Afghanistan.
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[@rafitookhi1508]

Dear Sir/ Madam Jail Hind and good day. I am an Afghan from Kandahar, thank you for your great analysis, after Taliban entered to Kabul Pakistanis has shared sweets everywhere and they congratulate each other for the Taliban success, Pakistanis were thinking Afghanistan is certainly their fifth Suba and the next step will be Kashmir they were thinking it is the time to use Afghan Taliban against India in Kashmir but their sweet dreams remain as dreaming, we believe that India was/is our god given friend and descent neighbor, but Pakistanis doesn’t understand it. We love Indian and wishing them many many successes and a lots of prosperity Namaste and Jai hind 🙏🌹🇦🇫❤️🙏

[@nick-l4o2z]

I dont see any major difference in Pakistani Muslims and Afghanistan Muslim

[@kamalbardia8203]

Thank you Mr Rafi Every Bharat washi have great love and respect towards Afganistan. We are happy that raham Dil Bharat sarkar invested USD 5bn or Rs 40 thousand Crores in Afghanistan for development Very good, we wish it multiply Our morning starts with afgani dry fruits and we thank Growers in Afghanistan for delicious mewa. Lakhs of Bharat washi would like to travel to Afghanistan to enjoy theirs beauty.

[@warnpassion]

Lots of love from India to Afghanistan. ❤❤❤❤ 🇮🇳🫱🏾‍🫲🏼🇦🇫

[@warnpassion]

I'm a huge fan of Rashid Khan. ❤🏏

[@abhinavamukherjee2807]

India must help Afghanistan. Provide more humanitarian resources.

[@mohammadzahir9872]

Pakistan never wanted relations between Afghanistan and India but people of Afghanistan love like India Long live Afghanistan India

[@warnpassion]

Lots of love from India to Afghanistan. ❤❤❤❤ 🇮🇳🫱🏾‍🫲🏼🇦🇫

[@warnpassion]

I'm a huge fan of Rashid Khan. ❤🏏

[@rafitookhi1508]

Nobody in the world will be able to change historical ancient friendships between Afghanistan and Baharat

[@rafitookhi1508]

@@warnpassion thank you so much my dear friend lots of love ❤️ from Afghanistan to our Baharat great friends 🙏❤️🇦🇫🇮🇳🌹

[@jakebob8116]

We Afghans love Indians we knows their languag. We use Every day their spices herbs clothes We invite them to come invest in mining sectors it will create Jobs fo. both countries peoples

[@srinivasaraju4218]

Thanks

[@StratNewsGlobal]

🙏🏾 for your support @srinivasaraju4218

[@Kantim67]

Watching the programme I felt the entire debate was very well balanced and the opinions from both sides reflected the reality today in Afghanistan rather than hit the pedal and crash type approach.

[@apachetamizha]

Let the Pakistan learn more lessons. They have crossed the limits of every possibility with our Country and Indian troops.

[@LuisJimenez-el3rd]

Pakistan bosses getting wealthy. Million erst

[@LuisJimenez-el3rd]

Talibans have beautiful teeth are healthy wealthy

[@THEUNDEADSUPREMO]

We don't hate u India we actually love u India it's our corrupted politician

[@saurabhbedi195]

Very important critical analysis of the current geo-political developments in Bharat region! 👍🏼

[@Bbubbo]

The Afghan and India ties are beyond Taliban and any Afghan govt. These are historical ties between people. The roots are there in Afghanistan and Hindustan- it is the people. Afghans have no trust in Pakistan or Pakistanis.

[@sharifshah5151]

What I as an Afghan defend is what’s our right to do, it’s our territorial integrity, if there is anything as threat why not document it then clearing it in general assembly of UN, the Afghan government is not recognized yet so if we are killed or attacked who is responsible?

[@razaqureshi-zr3ie]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 integriry 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aanakrukavi]

Afghanistan is doing same thing to Pakistan what Pakistan did to India. Karma never misses the address. Karma is powerful than Kalma 😂

[@syedahmedx8807]

BROTHER India did more harm to Pakistan than what Pakistan did to India. India never accepted Pakistan as independent country that is what we call ' akhand baharat'. secondly your panel guys in the video are making fools no one else but themselves and Indians which Godi media has been doing ever since BJP party came to power. Let me remind you that I come from the same region where TTP is based in Pakistan i.e. Waziristan and that both TTP and Afghan Taliban have been created by ISI and they still operate under their instructions. Well what is their objectives, God knows that but imagine when U.S was in Afghanistan, so it was not possible that Pakistan would only support Afghan Taliban and kill US soldiers on routinely basis in Afghanistan while Pakistan would be in total peace situation. something had to be done, a little drama inside Pakistan needed to be created and that was TTP to tell the world that kindly don't blame us that we support Afghan Taliban, look we also are victims of terrorism of TTP. US and NATO's presence in Afghanistan was to de-nuclearize Pakistan from the Western side while from the Eastern side use India. Apparently Pakistan helped NATO while behind the scenes Pakistan fully supported all anti-American elements in Afghanistan to fight against them. So ISI simply replaced the biggest monster i.e. US + NATO with a lessor monster i.e. Taliban. now ISI will replace the lesser monster with something that suits them. You are Indian, so you must disagree but your intelligence officials know it very well. Stay blessed.

[@NYN_000]

​@@syedahmedx8807 Dont blame India. Blame your Army for confusing stances over the past. Its your selfish Army which is harming Pakistan and its people.

[@mohibullahkakar4362]

That's 100% true . Pakistani is the center of all these jihadiist gengs and exporter

[@desilions-e5m]

I am from Pakistan don't feel fooled by fake news that Taliban attaching Pakistan nothing on the ground ISI spreading fake news

[@srigirimaharaj1]

Taliban created by ISI that's your problem deal with it 😂😂

[@maheshvh3689]

Both guests have very good insight about the current geopolitical issue of Afghanistan vs Pakistan

[@TheMinesh24]

At the beginning of the show you should provide the chronology of events that has been happened so that viewers get the background of the conversation.

[@mady5647]

Thanks for insightful discussions.

[@moko8870]

The basic fact human values are lacking in their policy. They made lots of money at Afghani’s cost and lives

[@jamshedfbc]

Establishment never paid any price 😢

[@GrimSower]

but muh "Strategic Geography" 😆

[@SV-wu2my]

It includes Imran commenting that they have won the war when Americans were leaving Kabul. Today, Imran is inside jail and Taliban paying bavk Pakistan. India remained silent then and now.

[@2010sunshine]

Nice discussion 👌👍

[@srv645]

Happy to hear from jorden Petersen in interview

[@aanakrukavi]

Pakistan is facing the same Geo Political uselessness as India faced in 1990s.

[@anjanghosh52]

I like Madam Shalini Chawla's analysis,... We should follow the slow path of relations with the good, bad, and ugly Taliban.

[@SinghFromIndiaBharat]

Great work

[@TheHarharmahadev]

Please discuss US economic situation

[@SV-wu2my]

The geopolitics of Indian subcontinent kerp changing very often in every 3 to 4 decades. It so happened with partition in 1947, breaking of Pakistan into two in 1971, Taliban crushed in early part of this century, Taliban back in power with Pakistan support 2022, Bangladesh moving away from India and getting closer to Pakistan and Bangladesh loosing part of the territory to Arakkans and Afghan breaking away from Pakistan and getting closer to India. A full 360 circle in motion.

[@arulselvan5937]

Nice video. Jai Hind.

[@nitinkalwani3911]

Agree the relationship is between pla and Pakistan army

[@cvsmoorthy]

Lack of foresight on the part of Pak civil and military leadership has led to this situation. It will continue till Pak disintegrates totally because the leadership does not learn any lessons.

[@SubbharaoApplasamy]

Any armed forces make money will be always in complacent 🎉🎉🎉😂

[@deviouspirate1374]

Afghanistan is starving due to Durand Line.

[@rafitookhi1508]

No my dear friend Afghanistan is agriculture country during 50 years wars Afghanistan has survived, we will not died of hunger if anyone’s help or not

[@gopals1055]

Modi should think of opening borders with Afghanistan.

[@The_Viking970]

These are two extreme Islamist government, for India it is best to stay away as we cannot trust both of them. If Taliban win, the will start to shift a their focus to Kashmir and Indian if Pakistan win, they will start to divert Afghan attention to India. Best strategy is do what ever we can make sure they are on each others throat and we can use this window to get more intelligence and secure our brooders.

[@SHIVAMYadav-pw5uz]

Very superficial discussion/analysis... nothing new...... Pakistani origin independent analyst give true picture of Taliban objectives and Pakistan army's objectives...

[@VadimRusu-y4z]

their isn't any bad or good Taliban , these all are creature of Generals in Pakistan and what Britain made sure they have it in need , when they tear apart India .

[@kamleshkumarmahaur1055]

Superb

[@mr.whostheboss9884]

Great

[@tqm790]

Seems within GHQ there are groups

[@amazinggreenz4887]

PAKISTAN has lot of fault-lines to be corrected. In contrast INDIA is better & growing.

[@SunilGavade-tt2db]

Madarasa Chap Pakistan 🇵🇰 aur Janathe 🤔💭 Pakistan 🇵🇰 72 Ruhas 😅😊😮 China 🇨🇳 ke 72 keale bhi milenge, Jo Pakistani🇵🇰 economy ko Hilange and results are 😊 in front of World 🌎

[@dongewala]

Huge gold reserve in pak indus ??

[@mehrmuhammadkhudadkhan]

Now the Bollywood will release new movies in the Favour of Taliban🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Lightyagami-s8t]

Bollywood is literally soft power of indian agency all u can do is to cry .

[@warnpassion]

Pakistanis equate everything, including serious geopolitics, with Bollywood: ironically an industry in which they themselves always desperately aspire to work in. 🤣

[@shawnniadi4193]

❤❤❤Afghan amd India friendships

[@marutanray]

Dull discussion

[@parjanyashukla176]

अंग्रेज़ी बंद

[@SairatMatkal-r2t]

Indian Secular lobby is very upset. Secular Paxtan and Ultra secular Afghanistan are fighting 😢

[@NeverMind-l9q]

Nonsensical comment

[@SairatMatkal-r2t]

@NeverMind-l9q Bhakt accha Ya Mujaheed?

[@masroorkhalil9655]

7:11

[@ankitsharmagamer]

Love 💗 india ❤❤

[@samhemani3874]

I believe if India has a democratic Pakistan it will be beneficial to India rather than make Pakistan unstable by India originally in Baluchistan and now in Afghanistan India is playing a negative role at the same time Pakistan has to reciprocate India by making Kashmir more stable. Taliban is not good either for India or Pakistan

[@APEXMACHCORPORATION]

The problem is ISI/Estd. wants control over Pakistan, so they will ever do what. You are saying.

[@prabalsinghrajput6597]

Pakistan is a tree with root as hate to india(our religion). Without it, tree will die.

[@prabalsinghrajput6597]

Just try to read evolution of your society and psychology from death of aurangjeb to present time. Various historical movements and policies are reason you are at this point.

[@GoGreen99962]

Actually a democratic Pakistan is not good for India. Whenever a democratic ruler is in control, Pakistan Army created trouble (for Ex. Kargil). This is because Pakistan Army does not want peace because a perceived threat from India will help Pakistan Army get lion share of funds and also control (to rule Pakistan directly or indirectly)

[@youknow6968]

Indian fantasies and lies about Pakistan are just boring and repetitive.

[@sankalp3513]

Be specific. what is fantastical.

[@ahsanj5280]

Same as pakistani they lie everytime especially in history

[@nekko02]

well, we can't help it because they are boring and repetitive.

[@youknow6968]

@@nekko02 exactly, far easier to deal with fantasies then facts.

[@youknow6968]

@@sankalp3513 literally everything

[@Mmustafa-v4j]

sore propaganda

[@infinit128]

Why ,what about Fantastic Tea 🍵not interested any more ? seems to be Tea 🍃 was from India. 😜😜😜

[@warnpassion]

"Bajwa ke pair kanp rahe the, pasine mathe par the aur humse Shah Mehmood Qureshi ne kaha ke khuda ke vaste Wg Cdr Abhinandan ko jane de kyonki 9 baje raat ko Hindustan Pakistan par attack kar raha hai." 😢😢

[@muhammadhamzanaeem3661]

@@warnpassion to wo attack hua ni abi tk ?? 🤣ya us py b bollywood ki trf movie aye gi

[@warnpassion]

@@muhammadhamzanaeem3661 Tera bheja ghutane mein hai kya? 🙄

[@muhammadhamzanaeem3661]

@@warnpassion Tera zroor tattoo m h 😂

[@warnpassion]

@@muhammadhamzanaeem3661 Aake kha le, thodi akkal aa jaayegi tereko. 💩💩

[@burhanbazokhel2434]

With all Respect its not a border its Durtanline which non of Afghan people and Afghan leader have accept this line done by east british company we will neve ever accept it

[@wor53lg50]

No, it was Agreed by Jinnah and Ghandi, thats how Pakistan became a Islamic state...it was jinnah who pushed for this to prevent blood shed on either side, Ghandi agreed and the rest is history..

[@hyiux]

If you don't recognize the Durand line as an international border then why do you complain when Pakistani military treats Afghanistan as their fifth province. Either you accept that Afghanistan and Pakistan are two sovereign states separated by an international border or you accept that Afghanistan and Pakistan don't have an international border between them and it's fair game to claim territories across the Durand line. You can then try to extend Afghanistan's borders up till Indus river in Pakistan and Pakistan can try to make Afghanistan their fifth province. If you want to play this game then good luck to you. But then don't complain when Pakistan doesn't respect Afghanistan's sovereignty.

[@warnpassion]

@@wor53lg50 WTF is 'Ghandi?' 🤔

[@wor53lg50]

A skinny degenerate who sold out India to paki's .. Why??..

[@wor53lg50]

@@warnpassion you still wanna play??

[@kpb9010]

One must not forget that the present tiff between pak and taliban may also have been made to grow by India or the reason why the US withdrew since US had Taliban as leverage against pakistan. World is a complicated place and US would never leave the area without leaving behind a trustworthy ally.