Afghanistan Domestic Political Issues and Its Impacts on Pakistan
Keywords:
Domestic Political Issues, The Taliban, the Afghan Refugees, Drug TraffickingAbstract
The precarious situation of Afghanistan has so many causes, but some of the Afghanistan domestic political issues have dire impacts for its security as well as for its adjacent neighboring states, especially for Pakistan. Despite so many Afghan domestic political issues, some of the major matters are; the emergence of the Taliban, and their positionin in the affairs of the state.. The second problem for Afghanistan is the issue of the Afghan Refugees and its rehabilitation and third the growth of poppy cultivation and measures of the national unity government (NUG) for its eradication. The paper will put into consideration the above domestic political issues in Afghanistan and its impacts on Pakistan.
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