The United States retreat from Afghanistan will have a major impact upon regional 'players' such as India, Pakistan, & China. Moreover, concerns about the rights of women in the region and other religious and ethnic minorities are justified according to many global experts. Dr. Anuradha Chenoy joins us to give us a brief history of Afghanistan prior to the US invasion and what could be expected in the days, week and months to come as the US forces withdraw from the region. Dr. Anu Chenoy is the retired former Dean at the Jawaharlal Nehru School of International Studies in New Delhi, India. Dr. Chenoy has been the chairperson of area studies and director in the center for Russian and central Asian studies. She has also written numerous books, monographs and articles in the domain of security studies, development studies and gender. Dr. Chenoy has held short-term consultancies with the international committee of the Red Cross, UNESCO, Action Aid International, UN women and UN peacekeepers to name a few. She has also evaluated the work of organizations like Focus on the Global South and The Asia Europe Peoples Forum