One of the most effective, but cowardly, Talibans' weapons – the roadside bombs – killed two women in southern Afghanistan on Friday, January 13, 2012. According to the reports the women stepped on the explosive buried on a roadside in Helmand province. Roadside bombs have been one of the tactics that Taliban opted after they were defeated in an open war.

The tactic has been able to target many military personnel and civilians along with the suicide bombing and targeted killings. In fact Taliban after being defensive in the war against NATO opted for these tactics and still have been able to threaten the forces and the civilians with them.

Though they have not enabled them to win the war, they have enabled them to have their influence on the policies and strategies of the Afghan forces and international troops. Though they were defeated in the war, they were able to follow it through these tactics and have made the serious minds think about the outcome of the war or the effectiveness of the victory that was claimed.

Though there have been different tactics adopted by international troops yet they have not been able to control these tactics. According to UN calculations about half of 1,500 civilian deaths, in the first six months of last year, have been because of the homemade explosives, which have been frequently used for roadside bombings. Moreover, the suicide bombings and targeted killings have also been able to achieve their vicious objectives most of the times.

Currently, US and Afghan authorities are on a road to negotiating peace with Taliban. Taliban office has been maintained in Qatar. Afghan government has set its conditions for the negotiation; one of the most important one being stoppage of deadly assaults. However, Taliban have not completely agreed with the conditions and have continued their attacks.

It is not only Taliban who are not fully confident about the peace process; rather the Afghan government, opposition forces, minority groups and the common Afghan people have ambiguous feelings about the process and do not consider it capable enough to establish peace and put an end to the serious threats.

Currently Taliban are able to take the lives of innocent people in the country and will keep on doing so through roadside bombing, suicide attacks and targeted killing unless a comprehensive peace process is carried out that should have the capacity to involve every bit of Afghanistan in it and above all it must be transparent and for the betterment of Afghan people.