US Drawdown from Afghanistan and Its Impact on Kashmir Conflict

Faizur  Rehman; Yunas  Samad

doi:10.54418/ca-93.205

Authors

Faizur Rehman Principal, Government Boys Degree College Thorar, Poonch, Azad Kashmir. Email:
Yunas Samad Professor of South Asia, School of Social & International Studies University of Bradford (UK). Email:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54418/ca-93.205

Keywords:

Kashmir, Afghanistan, Conflict, Militancy

Abstract

This study will focus on the US drawdown from Afghanistan and its implication for the greater regional peace and stability in general and the Kashmir conflict in particular. The phase-wise drawdown of the United States forces from Afghanistan has generated concerns about the peace in the country and the continuity of technical and financial support for the Afghan National Army (ANA). The US drawdown has been accompanied by a sustained campaign by the Taliban to expand their area of influence leaving the ANA struggling to maintain control. Due to the Indo-Pak rivalry, Afghanistan is being drawn into a civil war, which shaped a parallel proxy war in Afghanistan and Jammu & Kashmir. In such circumstances, there will be no peace in the region unless these two neighbours do not sit together and talk about a common approach to Kabul and Kashmir otherwise Pakistan’s support for Kashmiri militants will remain unchanged.

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Appendix

Interviews

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Personal Interview with, Dr. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Dean, Faculty of Contemporary Studies (FCS), National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad, 2nd May 2015.

Personnel Interview with Mohammed Farooq Kashmiri, Ameer (Head) An-sarul Ummah Jammu & Kashmir, (former Harkatul Mujahideen), Is-lamabad, 2nd May 2015.

Personnel Interview with General (R) Mohammed Anwar Khan, Rawalpin-di, 1st April 2015.

Personnel Interview with General (R) Talat Masood, Former Secretary De-fence Production, Islamabad, 8th May 2015.

Personnel Interview with Ambassador Arif Kamal, Director Global Pro-gram, National Defence University Islamabad, 2nd May 2018.

Personnel Interview with Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan, Head of JKPP & the member AJ&K Assembly, Islamabad, 2nd May 2017.

Personnel Interview with a reliable Source, Muzaffarabad, 31st March 2015

Personnel Interview with Syed Salauddin, Supreme Commander Hizbul Mujahidin & Chairman United Jihad Council, 4th May 2015.

Personnel Interview with Abdul Wahid Gillani, Hizbul Mujahidin Com-mander District Muzaffarabad, 7th May 2015.

Personal Interview (conducted via telephone) with Lord Nazir Ahmed, Member of UK House of Lords, London, 19thJune 2015.

Personnel Interview with Abdul Rasheed Tarabi, Ameer Jamat-i-Islamai Azad Kashmir, Rawalpindi, 2nd May 2015.

Personnel Interview with Muhmmad Naheem, Associate Professor, Interna-tional Relations, University of Karachi, 12th September 2016.

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Personnel Interview with Ghulam Rasool Shah, (General Abdullah, nick name), Commander Jamiatul Mujahidin Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, 2nd May 2015.

Personnel Interview with Abdul Majeed Dar, Deputy Commander, Tahree-kul Mujahidin Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, 7th May 2015.

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Personnel Interview with Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, Chairman Jammu & Kash-mir Peoples National Party, London, 18th October 2014.

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Personnel Interview with Shah Ghulam Qadir, Former Speaker of AJ&K Assembly and current General Secretary Muslim League (N) AJ&K, Rawalpindi, 30th April 2015.

Personal Interview with Daalat Ali, Councillor for Roachdale Borough, (Greater Manchester) UK, 12th, April 2015.

Personnel Interview with Richard Burgon Member UK Parliament from Leeds West Yorkshire, Leeds, 19th June 2015.

Personnel Interview with Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan President of State of AJ&K Muzaffarabad, 7th May 2015.

Personal Interview with Dr. Sarfraz Khan, Former Director Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, 5th December 2019.

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Personnel Interview with Islamabad based Security Analyst, Islamabad, 12th November 2019.

Video interview of Major (R) Aamir), the former Head of Pakistan’s Intelligence Bureau, (Available on social media.