Trump has fired his neocon National Security Advisor, John Bolton. This may have implications for India in Afghanistan, as Bolton was a key opponent in Trump's bid for peace talks with Taliban. As we know, Trump recently walked out of talks with the Taliban, which gave India a sigh of relief, since any peace deal with Taliban would re-enable Pak takeover of at least Southern Afghanistan, where it could shift all its terror training camps. At least Trump's secretary of state Pompeo still opposes any deal leading to a hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Perhaps Bolton's removal will at least give India more leeway on Iran, which Bolton was known to be very hardline against, although Trump himself isn't that far apart on that. India needs more cooperation with Iran to counter Pak in Afghanistan.
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