Abstract

Nine years running, the Afghan war is by now the longest in U.S. history. It is also one in which Canada has paid a high price in human lives, with some 150 fatal casualties, proportionately one of the highest of any North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) country. The widely used term “AfPak”, now discarded, reflects the extension of the war theatre to both countries. This article explores India's interests in Afghanistan, the policy she has followed since 2001, and the triangular relationship between Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. We argue that India's role in Afghanistan is critical not just in terms of India's own foreign policy objectives, but also for the long-term stability of the larger Central and South Asian region. For that to obtain, however, significant changes need to occur in terms of how India's role is perceived by the United States, Canada and other NATO powers, and in Indian policy towards Afghanistan itself. Avec neuf ans d'existence, le conflit afghan est désormais le plus long de l'histoire américaine. C'est aussi l'un de ceux qui a fait payer au Canada un lourd tribut en vies humaines - quelques 150 soldats morts au combat - c'est à dire proportionnellement l'un des plus élevés parmi ceux des pays de l'OTAN. Largement utilisé et aujourd'hui abandonné, le terme « Afpak », reflète l’étendue du théâtre de guerre des É tats-Unis et du Canada. Cet article explore les intérêts de l'Inde en Afghanistan, sa politique depuis 2001, et la relation triangulaire entre elle, l'Afghanistan et le Pakistan. Nous soutenons que le rô le de l'Inde en Afghanistan est critique, non seulement du point de vue de ses propres objectifs politiques, mais aussi de la stabilité à long terme, dans lepérimètre plus large des régions d'Asie Centrale et du Sud-Est. Cependant pour en arriver là, de profonds changements sont nécessaires dans les perceptions des É tats-Unis, du Canada et des autres puissances de l'OTAN sur ce rô le de l'Inde, de même que dans la politique indienneelle-même, vis-à-vis de l'Afghanistan.

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