NATO’s Security Perspective in the Post-Taliban Afghanistan

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) engages and has played a critical role in the political and security transition in Afghanistan. Without its support, the government of Afghanistan and international security supporters would not have able to move Afghanistan on a path of peace, reconstruction and stabilisation. On 11 September 2001, the Al Qaida’s attack on the United States would come into view further to strengthen NATO’s significance. The mission of NATO in Afghanistan has seen as a test of the coalition partners’ military competency and their political will. The overall conditions in Afghanistan have raised the level of hostility because of the increased military campaign against Taliban and Al Qaeda, and augment in terrorist activities. In this mission, how much NATO became victorious in leading the international military force to support the Afghan government to build security and sustained peace? The United States has been functioning with NATO in continuing the combat against the terrorist group, and involving Afghanistan in counter-terrorism and working hard to restrain the spreading of weapons of mass obliteration. The main purpose of this article is to analyse NATO’s involvement in Afghanistan in the security and peace perspective. This article attempts to evaluate how and to what extent NATO and its alliance have succeeded over the support of the Afghan government to create peaceful stability.