The US Military Base in Afghanistan after 9/11: An Effort to Deter Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Threats
Keywords:
Terrorism, nuclear weapons, national security, deterrenceAbstract
Afghanistan after 9/11 prompted it to deter Pakistan's nuclear weapons threat?”. The authors employed the deterrence theory for analyzing international political phenomena. High ranking rulers of Pakistan are influenced by Islamists who sympathize Al-qaeda and Taliban. The lack of Pakistan’s nuclear weapon security controls led to leakage of technology and equipment of nuclear weapons production in international black market that might fall into the hands of terrorist groups. After 9/11, the US has settled the military base in Afghanistan to crack down Al-qaeda and Taliban and formed a new government, providing financial support and military equipment to the Afghan National Army, which is under the command of the US force and joins the task force with the US under the "Strategic Partnership" program. The US uses Afghanistan as a military base in case of Pakistan is unable to secure the nuclear weapons by itself: Afghanistan could be a launch base to attack Pakistan if Pakistan's nuclear weapons fall into the dangerous situations.
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