Afghan people believe that the possible strategic agreement between Afghanistan and the United States of America will insure them against a descent into any violence, chaos and disorder. Therefore, they strongly back the deal and want president Karzai's government to sign it as soon as possible to ward off the preventive attempts being made by some regional elements that do not want such a deal to be struck between Afghanistan and a powerful country.

International forces are slated to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014 and they will take with them a bulk of the aid that is currently flowing into the country. Without a pact of long-term strategic partnership between Afghanistan and the US, the chance of maintaining the current order and democratic processes is extremely low.

But it should be said that the endorsement of this agreement per se cannot solve the ongoing violence and security problems facing the country nowadays. There should be mechanisms and strategic blueprints laid out on how to tackle the current insurgency, terrorism and violence, how to make a peace that is based on justice, belief in and observation of human rights and women's rights, and political participation of all identity groups in the power structures in the country.

There should also be frameworks for how to develop Afghanistan's ailing economy. In a nutshell, Afghan people would like to know that how their government and its possible long-term strategic partner will continue democratic processes.

But unfortunately Afghan government has not been able to provide any explanations on this regard. What has been heard from president Karzai is his insistence on some temporary and non-strategic preconditions for signing of the agreement.

Some of these conditions are respect for Afghanistan's sovereignty and an end to night raids by foreign forces. Afghan people would like to know that how an end to night raids can contribute to bringing an end to the brutal and violent activities carried out by the Taliban militants and other lunatic fringes connected with a broad network of terrorists and fundamentalists in the region and world.

In addition, the government must come up with policies on how it is going to benefit from the strategic partnership in terms of economic development of the country. It has to move in the direction of self-reliance. Financial assistance may continue to be provided for Afghanistan with the signing of the strategic agreement but if internal sources of revenue are not developed, Afghanistan's need for international financial aid will be perpetuated.