The security dynamics of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India remain intractably interlinked. Given their shared histories, shared borders and shared ethnicities, any political and strategic development in anyone of these countries finds resonance in the other two. Five years of Taliban regime in Afghanistan, not only spelled gross human rights violations and miseries for the Afghan people, but its linkage to the Al Qaeda and 9/11 terror attacks initiated the US led global war on terror. This global effort has drastically impacted and shaped the world politics in the last nine years.

Pakistan owing to its links with the Mujahideen and then Taliban militia was also served the ultimatum of either joining the US alliance partnership or else face drastic consequences. As a result, Pakistan joined the global war, and short of allowing space for physical incursions into and from Pakistani territory, it committed to assistance at logistical as well as material level.

About the Series
As a part of its ongoing project titled "Indo-Pak dialogue on Conflict Resolution and Peace Building," the Institute is publishing a series of background papers on various Indo-Pak bilateral issues. Besides, the Institute is also organizing track-II dialogue between the two countries in October 2009 in Bangkok.