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100			_aAhmad, Peerzada Tufail _939710
245			_aAn analysis of India’s soft power policy in Afghanistan
260			_aIndia Quarterly: A journal of International Affairs
300			_a78(4), Dec, 2022: p.634-653
520			_aSince 2001, India has pursued a non-military, non-coercive and co-optive (soft power) policy towards Afghanistan. India’s soft power approach of forging economic (aid), humanitarian, capacity building and institutional links vis-à-vis Afghanistan tried to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan government (pre-August 2021) and the ordinary Afghans. The data reveal that India has impacted and generated goodwill by spending billions of dollars on infrastructure. The method used in this study is primarily analytical and explanatory. The research for this study is based on both primary and secondary sources, collected from both archival and online resources. The focus of this article is to comprehensively study and evaluate the usefulness of India’s soft power policy in Afghanistan since 2001. – Reproduced
650			_aAfghanistan, India, Soft power, Hearts and minds, 2001. _937276
773			_aIndia Quarterly: A journal of International Affairs
906			_aINDIA - FOREIGN RELATIONS - AFGHANISTAN
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