Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown /edited by Rohan Gunaratna and Douglas Woodall. 

 - Lanham, Maryland :  Rowman and Littlefield,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>What does the future hold for Afghanistan? /  Pakistan's inextricable role in Afghanistan's future /  An American perspective for Afghanistan's future /  India's key role and South Asia's security concerns /  The endgame in Afghanistan will impact central Asia /  Iran's strategic designs for Afghanistan /  Why Afghanistan matters : the global threat of terrorism /  Threat group profiles.  Halimullah Kousary --  Abdul Basit --  Douglas R. Woodall --  Iftekharul Bashar --  Nodirbek Soliyev --  Halimullah Kousary --  Rohan Gunaratna -- 
<br/><br/> Al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and their allies are poised to return to Afghanistan and the Mujahidin in Pakistan may once again draw the support of pools of fighters. Experts from the countries discussed explain the post-2014 key strategic decisions that face policymakers in Afghanistan, the United States, and the region. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442245068 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021677005 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Strategic culture--Afghanistan.<br/>Internal security--Afghanistan.<br/>Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan.<br/>Terrorism--Prevention.--Afghanistan<br/>Geopolitics--Asia.<br/>Security, International--Asia.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS371  / .A344 2015