The last few months of 2011 have witnessed birth of three major political coalitions in Afghanistan. Another alliance called the National Coalition was launched on Thursday, December 22, 2011, under the leadership of former rival of President Karzai, opposition leader Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. Birth of National Coalition, which mostly consists of the figures of Hope and Change, is a welcoming development on the political stage of Afghanistan.

Main personalities of the new coalition include Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Younas Qanooni, Ahmad Behzad, Noorulhaq Uloomi, Syed Ishaq Gilani, Dr. Kazemi and others who supported Hope and Change during the presidential elections in 2009.

The year is ending with a more robust alliance of the political forces who offer alternative to the policies of President Karzai. Last month heavyweights such as former Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud, Haji Muhammad Muhaqiq, Abdurrashid Dostum and others launched the National Front. Prior to that the Right and Justice party of technocrats and intellectuals under the leadership of former Interior Minster Hanif Atmar was launched.

These alliances show an active mobilization of the political forces in Afghanistan who have a coherent political evaluation of the country's future. These three major blocs represent the majority of political forces in Afghanistan. The Karzai Administration and the international community have to listen to their demands.

They cannot be ignored by the US and its NATO allies who are planning a roadmap for the withdrawal plan in the coming years before the 2014 deadline, when larger part of international troops will leave the country and Afghan National Security Forces will take security control.

A common demand in the manifesto of these political forces is the call for radical change in the system of government in Afghanistan. For instance the fundamental objective of National Front and National Coalition is a federal parliamentary system.

Afghanistan experts in international media have started realizing the fact that the fault-line in Afghanistan is the overly centralized presidential system that promotes individualism rather than strong institutions.

Roots causes of the much of reconstruction and governance failures in Afghanistan in the last ten years is related to the highly centralized system imposed upon us by the international community. Its time for the western supporters of the Kabul setup to realize and support calls for radical changes in the administrative system.

The new political forces have announced to mobilize masses in coming months on these issues and raise awareness. President Karzai has to hear to these popular demands and avoid political manipulation and maneuvering for the larger national interest of a political stable Afghanistan in the transition decade of 2015-2025.