Subash Vaid asked: How the security scenario may transform in region after the US troops leave Afghanistan? Is India prepared to meet the fresh challenges?

Reply: Please refer to Vishal Chandra’s chapter on “Afghanistan: Likely Scenarios and India’s Options” in Rumel Dahiya and Ashok K. Behuria (edS. Kalyanaraman), India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges in the Next Two Decades, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2012. The e-copy of the book can be accessed/downloaded from the following link:http://www.idsA. Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumarin/book/IndiasNeighbourhoodChallengesintheNextTwoDecades