Emily Schneider is a program associate in the International Security Program at New America. She is also an assistant editor of the South Asia channel.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the death of former Afghan vice president Mohammad Qasim Fahim at the loya jirga hall in Kabul on March 9, 2015. Former Afghan vice president Mohammad Qasim Fahim died of natural causes after a turbulent life that reflected the country's recent past. Fahim, a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority, was senior vice-president under President Hamid Karzai. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani security personnel escort Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi (C), alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, waves to media representatives as he leaves court after a hearing in Islamabad on January 1, 2015. Pakistan on January 1, approached the country's supreme court to stop the release of alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks whose detention order was this week suspended by a high court, a government prosecutor said. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW DELHI, INDIA - FEBRAURY 05: In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office (BPA), (L-R) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi are seen ahead of the state banquet at the official residence of the state president on February 5, 2014 in new Delhi, India. Gauck is in India for an official six day visit. (Photo by Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung via Getty Images)
Pakistani supporters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) political party gather outside the MQM headquarters following a raid by paramilitary rangers in Karachi on March 11, 2015. Pakistani security forces raided the offices of the main political party in Karachi arresting activists and seizing a "huge quantity" of weapons, security forces said. AFP PHOTO/ Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)
Karachi, PAKISTAN: Visitors walk in front of the Pakistani nuclear-capable ballistic missile Shaheen on display during a four-day an International defence exhibition ? Ideas 2006 ? in Karachi, 21 November 2006. Around 230 companies from more than 50 countries, including the United States, France, Germany, China and Turkey, are participating in the annual show. Organisers said this year's theme was "Arms for Peace". Pakistan's military-run defence industry exports arms and ammunition worth 100 million dollars annually to countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. AFP PHOTO/Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani supporters of former police bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri hold posters bearing his image as they gather outside the High Court in Islamabad on March 9, 2015. A Pakistani court upheld the death sentence handed to the killer of a politician who sought blasphemy law reform, but struck out a terrorism conviction, making it unlikely he will be executed soon. The Islamabad High Court dismissed an appeal against the death sentence by Mumtaz Qadri, a former police bodyguard who shot dead Punjab governor Salman Taseer in Islamabad in 2011. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian Chief Minister for the western state of Gujarat and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi takes a 'selfie' after casting his vote at a polling station in Ahmedabad on April 30, 2014. Frontrunner for prime minister Narendra Modi declared an end to India's "mother-son government" as he voted in his party's heartland in the latest stage of the country's mammoth elections. Voters queued early in 89 constituencies across nine states and territories in the latest leg of staggered voting in the world's biggest election which ends with results announced on May 16. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian students hold placards during a rally to mark the second anniversary of the New Delhi gang-rape of a student inside a moving bus, in Mumbai on December 16, 2014. Women's safety in India has not improved since the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, the victim's parents said on the anniversary of the attack that sparked international outrage. A survey published December 16 said 91 percent of women also saw no improvements in safety despite a slew of measures rolled out in the aftermath of the attack including improved policing, women's helplines and fast-track courts as well as the new law. AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)
Newly-graduated Afghan National Army (ANA) cadets attend during their graduation ceremony at the Afghan Kabul Military training centre (KMTC) in Kabul on December 30, 2014. NATO formally ended its war in Afghanistan on December 28, holding a low-key ceremony in Kabul after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence.The event was arranged in secret due to the threat of Taliban strikes in the Afghan capital, which has been hit by repeated suicide bombings and gun attacks over recent years. AFP PHOTO/Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
A Pakistani health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in Karachi on January 27, 2015. Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic. Attempts to eradicate it have been badly hit by opposition from militants and attacks on immunisation teams that have claimed 68 lives since December 2012. AFP PHOTO/ Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama (C) walks alongside Saudi's newly appointed King Salman (C-R) at Erga Palace in Riyadh on January 27, 2015 following his arrival in Saudi Arabia. Obama landed in Saudi Arabia with his wife First Lady Michelle Obama to shore up ties with King Salman and offer condolences after the death of his predecessor Abdullah. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers inspect a damaged army ranger vehicle at the site of a remote-controlled bomb blast in Jalalabad on December 21, 2014. Two remote-controlled bombs hit a military vehicle in Jalalabad city in the east of Afghanistan, killing two and wounding two others, Ahmad Zia Abdul Zai, the provincial spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / Noorullah Shirzada (Photo credit should read Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)
This photo made during an escorted visit and reviewed by the US military shows the old war crime courtroom in Camp Justice at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 7, 2014. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
