HOW SHOULD INDIA RESPOND TO AFGHANISTAN

GEOGRAPHY:           Afghanistan is a landlocked country surrounded by Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. Despite holding over $1 trillion in proven untapped mineral deposits, Afghanistan remains one of the least developed countries in the world. HISTORY:           — In April 1978, Afghanistan’s centrist government was overthrown by left-wing military officers, which had little popular…