The US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impacts on the Pak-Afghan relationship

Farrukh Faheem; Sajjad Hussain; Muhammad Tariq Rasheed Qamar

doi:10.47264/idea.jhsms/3.1.37

Authors

Farrukh Faheem Higher Education Department, Government of Punjab, Pakistan | Department of World History, Northwest University, Xian, China.. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-2476
Sajjad Hussain Department of Political Science, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Muhammad Tariq Rasheed Qamar Department of Political Science, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7191-4289

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.jhsms/3.1.37

Keywords:

Afghan government, Taliban, Ghani administration, US withdrawal, War on Terror, peace process, dialogue, regional players, international actors

Abstract

How to fix Afghanistan's challenges is one of the most talked-about issues of the 21^st century. With its incredible nature and immense scale of being a safe haven for terrorists, the Afghanistan conundrum warrants all the thought it gets. The US hasty attack and abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan affected the neighbouring states somehow and others. Pakistan is the most affected among these countries because of its chaotic past relationship. In the latest situation since the US retreat from Afghanistan, bordering countries have been trying to pull Afghanistan out of its misery. To achieve this goal, Pakistan had been trying to peacefully give passage to the US to leave and help the Taliban to assume control of Kabul. This is an uphill task because other regional and global powers have agendas to reshape Afghanistan’s future. On the other hand, for Afghanistan, common players, for instance, Pakistan, India, China, and Russia, have consistently been reconsidering their ways of meeting their national points of interest or terminations. This study investigates the Afghan harmony procedure and regional and global players waiting for the US withdrawal procedure and how it would affect Pakistan's future relationship with Afghanistan.

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