Matiullah Aryanpor, and Zabiullah Khamosh

Volume 6 Issue 2 | Dec 2023

DOI: 10.31841/KJSSH-6.2-2023-65

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Abstract

Afghanistan enjoys an important geo-strategic location in its history, so all the superpowers, great powers, and regional powers, especially India and Pakistan, have paid attention to this region. Most importantly, Pakistan has always claimed and pursued its policy of strategic depth in Afghanistan and maintains that the mountainous area on the border between the two countries could be the place where it could defend itself against India in times of armed conflict. On the other hand, India has always tried to marginalize Pakistan from the beginning of their separation. So, the problem is that Pakistan analyzes its relations with Afghanistan from the lens of India and vice versa. It means that none of them wants the existence of the other in Afghanistan. Both have a common interest in Afghanistan, which is reaching the rich resources of Central Asian Countries. However, their rivalry and ambitious foreign policy in Afghanistan caused them to deprive themselves and Afghanistan of economic and development opportunities. So, this study aims to shed light on the importance of Afghanistan's geo-strategic for India and Pakistan, the main problems between Pakistan and India, and the results and impacts of their rivalry in Afghanistan.
Keywords: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Strategic Depth, Politics, Geo-strategic, Geo-economic, Geopolitics