| ID | 135648 |
| Title Proper | Being a good beighbour |
| Other Title Information | a much deeper engagement with Afghanistan is essential for India at this critical juncture |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mehta, Ashok K |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | First it was Syria, now Iraq and the creation of a Caliphate incorporating parts of Syria and Iraq by ISIS (now simply IS) that will take the West’s eye further off Afghanistan a second time. Earlier, American President Barack Obama’s stunning political statement fixing the deadline for final troop withdrawal from Afghanistan as end-2016, not as widely believed, 2025, contingent upon the signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement was psychologically a negative development. Obama has outlined a new strategy for a new coalition of the willing that will attempt to roll back IS over the next three years. Precious resources will be diverted to fight the new war against the most extreme and violent form of terrorism that has attracted nearly 15,000 foreign Muslim youth.
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| `In' analytical Note | Force Vol.12, No.3; Nov.2014: p.74-77 |
| Journal Source | Force 2014-11 12, 3 |
| Standard Number | Afghanistan |