Editor in Chief: Moh. Reza Huwaida Thursday, March 28th, 2024

Escalating Graph of Insecurity Requires Immediate Reversal

As the spring drew nearer amidst the rumors of peace talk, the magnitude of violence and insecurity practically soared. The consecutive attacks on public officials depict either state’s unwillingness to restrict the militants away from commercial and residential areas or have let the militants operate at will. Every time a tragic incident occurs the fatless civilian or public officials have to pay the price by serving sacrifices.

Owing a weak and influentially plagued net of jurisprudence, the militants and insurgents are developing a new reputation: not just as agents of terrorism but as drug lords and agents of criminal activities including kidnapping, people trafficking and smuggling. It is evident that the insurgents further their evil agendas by exploiting the sacred name of Islam, seems to be wholly responsible for earning extremists fame for the adherents of this religion in general and Afghanistan in particular. The aforementioned narrative is a true manifestation of the religion of peace and audacious step forward must be taken to undermine the extremist cause the insurgents are striving for. Nonetheless, the militants intensify their attacks whilst abducting civilians to get them exchanged with their imprisoned fellows.

Everybody extends deep concerns over escalating civilian causalities and deteriorating state of law and order in this piece of land. It worth mentioning the government has too displayed incompetence devising policy and strategy to combat the insurgency. What all it has done is greater reliance on international community and US to sort out a congenial solution for its core issues. President during his stay urged US to get their withdrawal plan slowed down in the wake of growing fear of emergence of ISIS in Afghanistan. However, the evil forces tend to play evil practices to get government surrender at their demand.

Formerly, a landmine explosion in Paktika province claimed precious lives of two Afghan Local Police personnel including an officer, Musa Khan Andar, who was traveling in a vehicle that ran over a landmine leaving Andar and another soldier killed and one soldier wounded. This was the second explosion in less than two weeks targeting security officers in Paktika province.

Earlier, at least 13 civilian passengers including a woman were reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen on Kabul-Ghazni highway. The incident took place in Haft Asyab area of Sayed Abad district of central Maidan Wardak province where unknown armed men stopped passengers’ vehicles and opened gunfire on them that led to a dozen casualties. The unchecked wandering of militants, insurgents rendered the highways insecure and travel within the country difficult. Particularly the highway between Kabul and Kandahar, lying on unsafe Zabul, Ghazni and Wardak provinces, have been very unsafe over the p‎assed few weeks since the abduction of 31 civilian passengers by unknown gunmen. Almost a month has gone since the abduction but the fate of abductees belonging to Hazara ethnic group is still unknown.

Despite the presence of coalition and Afghan forces, the increasing number of causalities and abduction is a point of great concern for Afghans who would otherwise conclude the US’s twelve years long combat mission of no use at all. If concrete measures are not taken to tackle escalating insurgency the state of affair might return to the point of no return post US complete draw down.

What the government has to do is getting the law implemented indiscriminately to ensure order in a state. There is a documented existence of law and with negligible application or it finds prejudicial application can’t get us rid of the emerging menace. In our beloved country, seemingly, the militants and anti-state elements have grown to an extent that easily evades the loosely held net of law and order and turn triumphant.

After years of conflict and several changes of governments, multiple government-centered and customary and community-based systems of governance and law continue to exist in parallel in Afghanistan. The last twelve years of internationally-supported state-building have added to the complexities of rule of law and governance in Afghanistan.

The failure to exclude the leaders of armed militias, many of whom have known records of gross human rights abuses, from government structures and the failure to ensure a comprehensive disarmament process have further weakened governance and rule of law. Regulation makes it possible for men to live together peaceably in a community given the law rule than nuisance. The government must enforce rules that will make it possible for them to live together without conflict. The militants who disband terrorism should be given amnesty and the rest accused of gross human right violation must be tackled through proper course of action.

The militants apprehended must be subjected to a fair trial is a pivotal to maintenance of peace and security. Long lasting peace can only be installed in Afghanistan provided the anti-state elements are brought to book through fair trial, holding the right culprit accountable for his deeds. In doing so the government should too consider the wages and authority of public officials serving this department, so that they shouldn’t be misled by attractive offers. The government must get itself cleared, whom to be labeled as terrorists, whom should be talked to and whom shouldn’t?  lt should be learned that both the formation of fair laws, its implementation and  regulation makes it possible for men to live together peaceably.