The Kashmir Conflict Between Pakistan and India and Its Impact on Afghanistan

Authors

  • Muhammad Sarwar Arooj Student, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62843/jrsr/2025.4a095

Keywords:

Kashmir Conflict, Afghanistan Security, India-Pakistan Rivalr, Strategic Depth, Proxy Warfare, Regional Security Complex, Militant Groups, Foreign Policy, South Asia Geopolitics, Cross-Border Terrorism

Abstract

This paper examines the complicated effects of the Kashmir battle among India and Pakistan on Afghanistan's countrywide security, political environment, and local standing. The Kashmir difficulty is often visible as a two-sided territorial dispute, but it has essential strategic and safety effects that cross past its instant place, particularly in Afghanistan. using Realism, Constructivism, and local safety complicated idea (RSCT), the studies examine the influence of the Indo-Pak rivalry on Afghan domestic instability thru proxy wars, militant spillovers, and diplomatic entanglements. It evaluates Pakistan's quest for strategic intensity and India's counterbalancing projects thru development and security collaboration in Afghanistan. The examine additionally appears at how global and nearby powers, like China, the U.S., and Iran, were involved on this three-manner courting and the way that has affected Afghanistan's independence and ability to make its own overseas coverage decisions. in the end, the article says that Afghanistan is still a totally essential however now not properly-studied victim of the lengthy-jogging Kashmir war. It also says that there must be a full local verbal exchange to reduce the damage it does (Fair, 2014).

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Published

2025-03-30

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Arooj, M. S. (2025). The Kashmir Conflict Between Pakistan and India and Its Impact on Afghanistan. Journal of Regional Studies Review, 4(1), 498-502. https://doi.org/10.62843/jrsr/2025.4a095

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