Just in the overall eloberate column the point being made is taliban was not evil and we made ourselves their target by aligning with the US. Obviously the writer cannot be anyone but a communist sympathist. India has a direct stake in the afghan war. Pakistan created this monstor called Taliban and had Taliban played its role to perfection without romanticizing a certain Osama Bin Laden through Taliban Pakistan would have reached former-soviet Central Asian republics and there-by would have controlled vast swath of lands with oil and natural gas. Unfortunately Taliban's failure in accessing the impact of American reaction to attack in its own soil destroyed the entire plan. It is commonsense that India has to be present in the otherside border of Pakistan.. this would keep a tab on Pakistan and its 'naughty' generals with penchant for trouble. Any self respecting country should not forget its humiliation and Taliban was responsible for India's humiliation at Kandahar and if not for anything atleast for that incident we must ensure an active participation in the effort to nutralize and eliminate them
