Lt. Gen. Asif Yasin Malik (Retd)

Pakistan's former Defense Secretary sees three possible emerging scenarios in Afghanistan. The first would be a smooth transition; the second would be an abrasive transition in which an intra-Afghan dialogue and kinetic struggle would settle the final paradigm of political structure for the country, and the third and most complicated situation is if the Peace Process totally fails, the country falls into an abyss of chaos and destruction. Such an outcome would obviously be a bombshell for Pakistan, and it is this eventuality for which we appear to be least prepared.