Policy Perspectives, Volume 8 , Number 1, January – June 2011
Abstract
[Evidently, the Afghanistan imbroglio is far from being settled down. Obama’s announcement of withdrawal plan; the initiative of London Conference that gave Kabul a green signal to carry out negotiations with the fighting groups; bilateral and multilateral initiatives, involving scores of countries having stakes in Afghanistan, for finding a workable solution to Afghan crisis; the surge in coalition troops and active military campaign for subduing the resistance movement; the diverging approaches of regional countries and their struggle of vying with others for achieving their own ‘national interests’ in Afghanistan; and rising confusion among the coalition forces led by the United States and even among different departments of US administration and establishment, have made the whole issue rather complex. After the dramatic shift in the US Congress and Senate following the 2010 midterm elections and the review of NATO’s Afghan policy in Lisbon Conference, the coalition strategy in Afghanistan seems to be garbing even more doubts and uncertainties. – ]
