• Mansoor Ahmad Sheikh

India and Afghanistan historically have shared close political and cultural ties. India-Afghanistan relations have improved considerably under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Initially Ghani’s moves were seeking closer ties with Pakistan with the hope that it will bring Taliban to the negotiating table, but these failed because of Taliban’s attack on Kabul. Since then the relations between the two have improved. India is playing a larger role in development work and reconstruction of Afghanistan. As peace talks have been taking place between US and Taliban, the Modi government continues to reiterate its support for a negotiated political reconciliation that is Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled. This paper examines the relation between two countries post 2014, analysing Pakistan as a factor in Indo-Afghan ties, assessing the economic and humanitarian assistance provided by India to Afghanistan and a possible way forward for India and Afghanistan to strengthen their relations in the changing environment of US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Keywords: India-Afghanistan relations, Taliban, Peace talks, Drawdown, Humanitarian Assistance, Economy, Negotiation and Investment.

"India-Afghanistan Relations Post-2014: A Way Forward", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.425-435, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901E52.pdf

"India-Afghanistan Relations Post-2014: A Way Forward", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp425-435, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901E52.pdf