India needs to sustain support to Afghanistan despite a sense of distancing of relations by the Ghani Government in the country due to reasons indicated in the slide and also underlined by Dr Abdullah Abdullah in the link

1. Despite Some Signs of Weakening Engagement in past
six months

2. A Strong Appeal by Dr Abdullah
Abdullah CEO of Afghanistan
 In a strong appeal ato India Dr Abdullah Abdullah
sought New Delhi to stay the course in a talk on 14
March 2015 at VIF, New Delhi
Transcript at http://www.security-risks.com/security-
trends-south-asia/afghanistan/dr.-abdullah-abdullah-
%E2%80%93india-must-stay-the-course-in-
afghanistan-4470.html

3. Indian Perspective
 Afghanistan requires sustained support of the international and
regional community more so by the latter where India has a
major role to play.
 Responsibility as a key regional and global stakeholder in
security, stability and counter terrorism.
 Afghan India relations are not transitional or transactional but
based on cultural, development, economic, security and people
to people engagement sustained over the centuries.
 Sustain the remarkable goodwill in the country with thousands
of youth educated in India having fond memories of their stay
and association.
 Future prospects of connectivity with Central Asia and Eurasia.
 “Realists,” talk of counter balancing Pak and China