U.S drawdown from Afghanistan in 2014 and its impact on Pakistan's internal security (

Abstract

As the U.S Drawdown from Afghanistan approaches in 2014, all the states in the region especially Pakistan and Afghanistan look on at what type of an Afghanistan will the future hold. Pakistani state in particular, finds itself in a state of confusion over how to deal with the issues like insurgency, terrorism and threats to its security in the future. Whether Pakistan’s policy makers and military institutions look to follow the type of policy in Afghanistan they did before 9/11 or whether the strategic outlook of the state has changed over the last decade is a question which needs to be answered in order to understand the future discourse of Afghanistan as well as Pakistan itself. This research is an effort to understand the important factors involved in driving Pakistan’s strategic policy in Afghanistan in the future.