Pak-Afghan War: Afghanistan has become a proxy of India, a big allegation of Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif amid the war.

News India Live, Digital Desk: The ongoing bloody conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan has now turned into a war of statements. Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has made a shocking claim saying that Afghanistan is working at the behest of India. He alleged that the Taliban government is conspiring to destabilize Pakistan as India’s ‘proxy’. “Kabul is playing in India’s lap.” In his statement shared on Pakistani media and social media, Khawaja Asif said that whatever is happening on the Durand Line, ‘foreign forces’ are behind it. He claimed without any evidence that the soil of Afghanistan is being used to hatch a conspiracy against Pakistan and India’s intelligence agencies are helping in this. This statement is considered very important amidst the mention of ‘Operation Ghajab-lil-Haq’ and India’s ‘Operation Ghajab-lil-Haq’ started by Pakistan. Pakistan is trying to set the narrative that it is not just fighting the Taliban, but it is responding to a ‘foreign conspiracy’. Khawaja Asif’s argument: “Afghanistan has to understand that it cannot protect India’s interests by entering into enmity with its neighbours.” Taliban’s stand: On the other hand, the Afghan Taliban has completely rejected these allegations and said that Pakistan is using India’s name to hide its failures. Taking. War like situation on the border. Presently the situation is that Pakistan has intensified air strikes in areas like Kabul and Jalalabad. In response, Taliban has also opened heavy fire on Pakistani posts. With this new allegation of Pakistan being an ‘Indian proxy’, it is feared that it will try to show itself as a victim by taking this issue to the international platform. What is the opinion of experts? Defense experts believe that this statement of Pakistan is a part of its old strategy. Whenever Pakistan gets cornered on internal or border fronts, it often tries to divert the attention of its people by taking the name of India. However, this direct conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan has now taken the form of a major regional crisis.