The move will also exacerbate Pakistan to a large extent, which has been accused of backing the Taliban covertly. Amin Saikal told Business Week that this association with India will be a joint message the Afghans and the Americans are sending to Pakistan - that if you don’t come on board and stop supporting these guerrillas, we have an option to strengthen ties with India.

Meanwhile, Pakistan, too, stepped up its defence prowess by moving an inch closer with China, a move that can leave unaccounted destruction in south Asia. Of late, a lot of top brass meetings between the two nations were seen. However, it’s the India-Afghanistan and the United States’ unanimous stand against Pakistan that leaves it completely battered. Earlier this year Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and India’s assurance of investing billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s iron ore projects clearly moves its focus on Pakistan who despite repeated persuasion denies to get its act right.