A former US diplomat and an expert on Afghanistan and South Asia affairs, Barnett Rubin, says US President Donald Trump’s South Asia strategy has certain weaknesses as he believes that it has not taken into account key regional stakeholders in the Afghan peace process and that it has focused on a military option to end the crisis in the country.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Massoud Malik discusses the topic with the following guests:

Saleh Mohammad Registani, a military and political affairs analyst

Faramarz Tamana, an international relations researcher