US President Barack Obama, with a wind speed, entered Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, signed the long awaited US-Afghanistan strategic accord with his counterpart Hamid Karzai, addressed the American people right from amongst the US forces at Bagram Air Base and departed before it was dawn. About two hours after his departure, Taliban came up with an assault on foreigners' housing compound in Kabul with a suicide car bomb and two insurgents disguised as women.

The attack took lives of seven people including school students who were passing by. Signing of pact and Taliban's attack all took place in a short span of about 12 hours – historically, Afghanistan is where things change overnights.

The accord that comprises how the US will support Afghanistan for a decade after 2014 is being deemed as a vital step forward in the Kabul-Washington relations. Most importantly, the pact underlines the US support for bolstering Afghanistan's security forces and its economy, although the amount of funds that Afghanistan will receive has not been specified. People have warmly welcomed the signing of the partnership.

For its development and reconstruction, Afghanistan - as an independent and sovereign territory - reserves the right to sign long term pacts with any country. The signing of accord with an economically and politically strong country such as the United States of America is pivotal for Afghanistan's own political and economic status.

The people of Afghanistan are now in a better position to differentiate between the people who have come to help them and people like Taliban who leave no stone unturned to ruin the peace and comfort of their lives. Taliban's Wednesday assault and announcement to launch their spring offensive under the title 'al-Farooq' from today, establish the fact that Afghans will experience another deadly year. What is vital is that people now hate terrorism more than ever.

Afghanistan has already signed a number of crucial pacts with various countries and it is expected that it will sign more with NATO countries before the Chicago conference. These pacts give a clear message to the people of Afghanistan that Taliban and other groups of insurgents will not be allowed to rule over them and pose threats to global security.