Ultimately, the efforts to cajole Taliban into peace talks have trumpeted. But they have not simply acquiesced to start negotiations. What is evident is that the insurgent groups have demanded release of its five leaders in Guantanamo Bay at Cuba, albeit details of a series of meetings held between US officials and Taliban representatives - that led to establishment of a political office for Taliban in Qatar – remain highly clandestine.

The Afghan government seems not to be happily in favor of establishment of an office for Taliban in Qatar, as it has, time and again, emphasized over locating such an office in Saudi Arabia or Turkey. Karzai administration insists that Taliban prisoners should be handed to Afghan custody rather to Qatar government.

Meanwhile, the negotiation process, which should be Afghan-led, is being controlled by the US authorities. On the other hand, political parties such as National Front have raised some serious concerns over being sidelined. Now that changes in the notions have occurred at the initial steps of peace process, one can realize what its future will be.

No doubt, there should be table talks with Taliban as the decade long US-led war in Afghanistan has yield not positive impacts over the security situation here. The peace process also holds importance at a vital juncture where the US and its allies are signaling eagerness to drawdown their forces before 2014.

For instance, France has decided to pull out its troops in 2013 rather than 2014 in response to killing of its four soldiers last month in the hand of their Afghan counterpart. The US has also changed its war strategy. It will now end its combat mission here by the mid of 2013 and will be highly relying on its spy agency for protecting the government in Kabul and preventing Afghanistan from hosting enemies of the US.

All parties united to fight Taliban are now having an owl's eye over peace process. But the process lack inclusiveness and there are concerns that the US is putting all the eggs in Taliban's basket. However, for any negotiation process to succeed, it would be vital to involve all the political factions of Afghanistan.