India has raised concern over the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan saying it would not only have security implications for South Asia but also for the US and other countries. Home Minister Rajnath Singh told a delegation of US-India Strategic Dialogue that New Delhi is keenly observing the developments in Afghanistan as the situation in the troubled nation has security ramifications for the region, particularly India.

The international coalition closed its facilities in Afghanistan and handed over charge to Afghan military at the end of December, 2014, 13 years after the toppling of theTaliban regime in that country. The NATO-led force is now shifting to the reduced role of providing support as Afghanistan's newly-trained army and police take over the fight against Taliban. The US-India Strategic Dialogue, a track-II platform, is a policy group which promotes bilateral ties.