Withdrawal of NATO and US Forces and the Role of Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Afghanistan.

Regional and international organizations have got significant importance in world politics and these organizations are playing vital role in economic development and stability. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is one of the regional international organizations which played a constructive role in the stability of the region (Central Asia& China) since its inception. According to many analyst and security expert on the region fear that the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan will create a security vacuum which will endanger the regional security. SCO in this regard can play a crucial role for stability and economic development due to various reasons such as, the organization has long experience in tackling terrorism in the region, it has nonintervention policy in the internal affair of other states and more importantly it has good relation with Afghanistan. The SCO afghan contact group, the status of observer state and all other interactions shows that the organization has keen interest in the stability and economic development of the country. In order avoid the 1990s situation in the country, it is necessary to strengthen the Afghan government ad need to avoid the intervention policy of regional states into the internal affairs. There is need of collective approach in order to secure regional stability and enhance economic development and SCO provide such platform. Through this platform, the regional states can solve their problems because regional problems need regional solutions. Descriptive analytical and qualitative research method is used in the research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]