It would be a foolish move from India and they will further alienate themselves. It serves no purpose. Trump has already stated 60 times no wars, Saudi have entered into a defence pact. India can posture all they want but they will not attack. As far as Pakistan is concerned now they can go f**k themselves.
That leaves us with the talibs.
We are running low on options for the talibs.
Let me state/re-state the obvious for all forum goers. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this the calculus that has brought us to today.
1) The talibs are
already and quite brazenly in a state of war (be it cold or be it kinetic) with the state of Pakistan.
2)
Any Kabul regime will regard the Durand line as non-applicable.
The talibs are simply most inclined to deploy terrorism as a weapon against our western border out of all available options for governance in Kabul - a NA or Hekmatyar-esque government is far less likely to pursue aggression and terrorism as a means to alter the status quo with Islamabad.
3) India is actively courted by the current regime as a strategic partner.
4) No other nation - Islamic, dharmic, or otherwise - has any sympathy or concern for the Talibs whatsoever, and as such, will not mind seeing them fall.
5) The minorities in Afg and Afg women will happily see the Talibs fall.
6) The Talibs are already attacking us with the best modes of warfare they can deploy ("irregular" methods essentially).
In summation, Talibs cannot hurt us
significantly more than they already have demonstrated and nobody will weep for them or protect them if we choose to hurt them more.
There is NO GOOD REASON for us to not deploy full spectrum military and economic dominance over the Kabul regime AT THIS POINT IN TIME, as we can squeeze them out of the game.
Don't forget - a week ago Kabul was asking for dialogue. We gave them dialogue, only for them to stall, delay, misdirect, circumnavigate, and outright reject our demands.
It is time to thrash them decisively and keep Hindustan on watch in the east. Hindustan won't attack us this year.
I now believe that - on balance - it would be in our interests to co-opt USA involvement by encouraging their occupation of Bagram also. This should be facilitated by us on condition of direct or indirect assistance in
overthrowing the Talibs once and for all.
I want to see those bstard cavemen who dare to fly around at Qatar's expense without knowing the first thing about civilised discourse now hanged from a crane.
It can all be done. Now is the time.