International community is drawing down their combat forces from Afghanistan. This withdrawal is supposed to complete in 2014. Recently, foreign troops have been facing a crisis of trust. This intensified after the reportedly unintentional Quran-burning issue that occurred in Bagram military base, in the aftermath of which several NATO soldiers have been killed by dubious Afghan soldiers. This is compounded by the infiltration of insurgents into Afghan National Security Forces, who can facilitate terrorist attacks on some high profile installations and establishments as well as attack foreign troops and mentors.

Afghan people, however, still believe that the failure of international forces in Afghanistan would be their own failure and the victory of foreign troops in tackling the atrocious insurgents - that continue to use violence to serve their own totalitarian ideology as well as the interests of their neighboring and regional bosses - would contribute to a permanent stability, peace and prosperity in their country.

Unfortunately, the above-mentioned crisis of trust and international community's impatience stymie the capacity of foreign forces to reverse the situation and break the momentum of Taliban and other insurgent groups decisively.

This also hinders cooperation between foreign troops and their Afghan counterparts. Politically, all attention and resources are given to the much-trumpeted negotiation and reconciliation process with the Taliban and other insurgent groups. But a recent report released by the International Crisis Group (ICG) says, 'although the U.S. has initiated contact with the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar's Quetta Shura has shown no desire to cease violence before foreign troops are withdrawn.

Taliban members involved in talks in Qatar have publicly rejected U.S. calls for direct engagement with the Afghan government as "pointless"...' So, international community should not continue an ineffective negotiation process due to their sheer impatience and fatigue with Afghan war.

Afghan government is also insisting on the reconciliation process, which lacks transparency and inclusivity. President Karzai has alienated many major and influential political actors- parties and coalitions. As a result, there is not any consensus on how to make a political settlement with the Taliban and other insurgents.

In fact, there is a deep stalemate in the ongoing processes, which need to be rethought in order to prepare the ground for a "responsible exit" of international community as well as a durable stability and permanent peace in Afghanistan.

Afghan government first needs to launch a genuine negotiation with representatives of international community and major national political coalitions and parties in order to evaluate and identify the flaws in the current processes and chart out a realistic and comprehensive roadmap on a stable and peaceful future of Afghanistan. This could be called an inside-the-system consensus.