Chief of the Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, said that India is concerned about a vacuum developing in Afghanistan following the proposed withdrawal of United States and NATO forces from the country.
Rawat told a security conference that the worry was “disruptors” would step into the space created by the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. He declined to name the countries that could act as spoilers.
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that U.S. troops would withdrawn from Afghanistan starting on 1 May to end America’s longest war, rejecting calls for them to stay to ensure a peaceful resolution to that nation’s grinding internal conflict.
“Our concern is that the vacuum that will be created by the withdrawal of the United States and NATO should not create space for disruptors,” Rawat was quoted as saying by Reuters.
“There are many people looking for an opportunity to walk into the space being created,” Rawat said.
