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- Title
Withdrawal of US led-troops from Afghanistan: implications for Pakistan.
- Authors
Khan, Muhammad Ayaz; Hussain, Sajid
- Abstract
Withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan is a question mark on its peace and security. There is conflict of perception about ground realities between Afghan resistant groups and US-led coalition as both are claiming their victory. America wants a docile government after its withdrawal and would retain a certain number of soldiers to represent its presence in Afghanistan. The resistant groups are looking for complete withdrawal of foreign troops and pledge to continue their struggle till the last external soldier. Whereas Karzai's government was not in a position to decide the future of America-led forces due to the expiry of term in 2014, as the new government under Ashraf Ghani in 2014 wanted a complete departure of foreign troops. But due to limited capacity of ANSF his government signed a (BSA) with America that permitted US to keep its military till 2014. The number of these forces is very low and Afghan national security forces don't have the capability to restore peace and maintain law and order after the withdrawal of foreign troops and it is definite that the civil war will have domino effect for Pakistan. In such state of affairs Pakistan is in search of sustainable peace in Afghanistan for which there is a need of paradigm shift and that is to link the peace process with economic integration among regional powers i.e China, Russia, Iran and India.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; PAKISTAN; COALITIONS; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization; DISENGAGEMENT (Military science); ARMORED troops
- Publication
FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 2015, Vol 1, p96
- ISSN
1995-1272
- Publication type
Article