AFGHAN CHECQUEREBOARDAND INDIA

Finally, India should not hesitate to act, should the need arise as future stakes are too high.

The United States withdrawal from Afghanistan had the goal of ending the US role as liberator, policeman, and funder of this divided and violencedriven country, which it entered in the aftermath of 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. The American offensive in Afghanistan achieved its initial objectives, but Finally, India should not hesitate to act, should the need arise as future stakes are too high. has failed to prevent the Taliban returning back to power matrix. Pakistan has played a significant role in making the Taliban agree to ink a deal with Washington that pushed for the departure of the troops and the convocation of the intra-Afghan talks.

The United States goals in Afghanistan after the withdrawal are: maintaining regional intelligence superiority, assisting the Afghan government and preventing its collapse due to Taliban onslaught, achieving a political deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government; blocking al-Qaeda from re-emerging in Afghanistan and preventing Islamic State activity in Khorasan against the United States.