Both India and the US have a direct – albeit different – interest in restoring peace and order to the South Asian neighborhood. As Robert Kaplan argues: “stabilizing Afghanistan is about much more than just the anti-terrorist war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban; it is about securing the future prosperity of the whole [region], as well as easing India and Pakistan toward peaceful coexistence through the sharing of energy routes.”
重塑南亚邻国间的和平和秩序，这符合印度和美国的直接利益（尽管有所不同）。正如罗伯特·卡普兰（Robert Kaplan）所指出的：“稳定阿富汗局势比针对基地组织和塔利班的反恐战争更重要；这事关确保整个（地区的）未来繁荣，还能缓和印巴关系，促使它们通过共享能源管道实现和平共存。”