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Examine India’s response to the Af-Pak policy of the US.

  • UPSC 2010
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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Barack Obama's strategy of 27 March 2009, shaped by his special representative Richard Holbrooke, treated Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single theatre: defeat al-Qaeda, stabilise Kabul and make Pakistan the key partner. For India this risked re-hyphenation, rewarding the state it held responsible for cross-border terrorism. India responded on three tracks: resisting regional linkage, contesting…

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  • Why the policy alarmed India
  • India's response
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