Indiman, Kandahar was just one of the many "stupid" things that different Indian governments have done in the past to show that we are the soft state (like 1971 war with Pakistan, we won it but lost the land).
Remember, a decade ago, Malysia and Indonesia were called the asian tigers, soon their economy was in toilet and currency had the value of toilet paper. If we dont get the basics of economy right, everything will come down sooner or later.