Pak Afghan Security Relations

Abstract

The security relations of Pakistan and Afghanistan have fundamental implications for the ‘War against Terrorism’. These relations are based on perceptions of traditional conception of security, which has tied them in adversarial relations. For a change in their mutual security perceptions of each other, a change in the understanding of security itself is required. It is argued that their mutual disputes cannot be resolved as long as their ruling elite views security in its traditional State Centric and Territory oriented understanding. Change in their perceptions of security, and policies thus made can only come if there is a fundamental democratic change in the nature of Pakistani State and modern democratic state takes root in Afghanistan. Change in perceptions can best come through democratic process. In case of persistence of non democratic regimes change is only delayed and when it comes it is abrupt and often violent with unpredictable results.
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