TY - BOOK AU - Gunaratna,Rohan AU - Woodall,Douglas TI - Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown /edited by Rohan Gunaratna and Douglas Woodall SN - 9781442245068 AV - DS371 .A344 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Lanham, Maryland PB - Rowman and Littlefield KW - Strategic culture KW - Afghanistan KW - Internal security KW - Postwar reconstruction KW - Terrorism KW - Prevention KW - Geopolitics KW - Asia KW - Security, International KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; What does the future hold for Afghanistan?; Halimullah Kousary --; Pakistan's inextricable role in Afghanistan's future; Abdul Basit --; An American perspective for Afghanistan's future; Douglas R. Woodall --; India's key role and South Asia's security concerns; Iftekharul Bashar --; The endgame in Afghanistan will impact central Asia; Nodirbek Soliyev --; Iran's strategic designs for Afghanistan; Halimullah Kousary --; Why Afghanistan matters : the global threat of terrorism; Rohan Gunaratna --; Threat group profiles; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1031301&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -