Afghan government led by President Hamid Karzai is suffering from contradictions and lack of agreements on policies and strategies to tackle the Taliban insurgency and other militancy waged by destructive forces networked with regional militant and terrorist outfits. President Karzai is becoming a voice for the Taliban and other insurgents whom he calls as his "unhappy brothers."

Marshal Qasim Fahim, the first vice president, does not hesitate to say that he has got tired of the way his boss (Mr. Karzai) governs and the kind of government his boss is running as he, last week in a ceremony to introduce Salahuddin Rabbani as the new chairman of High Peace Council, stated, "Everyone including Afghans and the international community has been fed up with the present state of situation. We are too, if this is the government, we are fed up of this type of government.

I don't think anyone else would be interested in this type of governance." Mr. Karim Khalili, the second vice-president, in his statements, remarks and speeches continues to insist on preserving the achievements made and the values created over the last ten years.

Bismillah Mohammadi, the Interior Minister, says that Taliban and the countries that support them are yet to denounce war. Their strategy is strategy of war and continuation of fighting. There is no sign to indicate that the enemies of Afghan people and those who fight Taliban and terrorists have come forward and accepted the peace and reconciliation pursued by Afghanistan, no sign is seen."

We also have the bulk of Afghan people that oppose president Karzai's appeasement policy towards increasingly violent Taliban insurgency. They are tired of Karzai government's inability and incapability to protect them against continued terrorist and suicide attacks carried out by the Taliban and other insurgents in the capital as well as in the provinces.

One major reason for this is lack of transparency and openness in decision-making processes is that President Karzai and a close circle around him pursue their own interests. The two vice-presidents and some of his cabinet ministers are against this trend adopted by the president and his circle.

That is why people hear different messages when each of them speaks to the public, media or parliament. President Karzai, who is suffering from deficit of legitimacy and popularity, has lost the ability to build consensus even within his own cabinet. Due to his maverick policies, he has also lost the trust and cooperation of major and influential loyal oppositions that altogether represent more than 60 percent of Afghan population.