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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).08      10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).08      Published : Jun 2021

The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11

Abstract

    Afghanistan has a unique politico-strategic position on the world map. There are multiple reasons that always draw the attention of regional and foreign players for their national interests. The event of 9/11 again turned Afghanistan into an arena of competition for self-interests of regional and international powers. The study observes the great powers USA, China and Russia's convergence and divergence of interests in Afghanistan in the merrier of "Offensive Realism" theory. This aim of the study is to analyze the involvement of great powers in Afghanistan and its impacts on Pakistan.This qualitative research work analyze through content analysis. The study finds out that Afghanistan's good and bad situation always affects Pakistan.

    Afghanistan, 9/11, Pakistan, USA, China, Russia, Offensive Realism

    (1) Alia Tasleem
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Javed Akhtar Salyana
    Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Muhammad Shafiq
    Assistant Professor, Department of History, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Tasleem, A., Salyana, J. A., & Shafiq, M. (2021). The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI(II), 75-83. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).08

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Tasleem, Alia, Javed Akhtar Salyana, and Muhammad Shafiq. 2021. "The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (II): 75-83 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).08

HARVARD

    HARVARD : TASLEEM, A., SALYANA, J. A. & SHAFIQ, M. 2021. The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI, 75-83.

MHRA

    MHRA : Tasleem, Alia, Javed Akhtar Salyana, and Muhammad Shafiq. 2021. "The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI: 75-83

MLA

    MLA : Tasleem, Alia, Javed Akhtar Salyana, and Muhammad Shafiq. "The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI.II (2021): 75-83 Print.

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    OXFORD : Tasleem, Alia, Salyana, Javed Akhtar, and Shafiq, Muhammad (2021), "The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (II), 75-83

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Tasleem, Alia, Javed Akhtar Salyana, and Muhammad Shafiq. "The Great Powers Interests in Afghanistan: Impacts on Pakistan Post - 9/11." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review VI, no. II (2021): 75-83. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).08