The death toll from Wednesday’s deadly attack in Kabul has reached to 100 and 600 injured and there are many wounded who are in critical condition. Definitely, the attack was a cowardly attack by the insurgents in the holy month of Ramadan. Though Taliban, Daesh and other insurgents consider themselves Muslims, they have not been able to show that they respect the teachings of Islam, which teaches peace, harmony and well-being. By attacking the innocent people, the insurgents have always shown that they are enemies of the country and they want to bring back disorder and chaos.
After Wednesday’s tragic attack it was important for the people of Afghanistan to further strengthen unity and peace among themselves, but that did not happen, as the situation in the capital Kabul got tense after protestors marched into the streets and chanted slogans against the security officials and the members of National Unity Government (NUG), particularly, against President Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah. Unfortunately, the protest did not end peacefully and turned violent. In exchange of fire between the protestors and the security officials, 7 people were killed and some others were wounded. This resulted in further suffering. Ultimately, Afghanistan National Army was called that controlled the situation.
Agitation is the right of the people in democratic societies, but it is really vital that the agitations should be peaceful and they should have a particular objective. Peaceful agitations mostly do not involve any action of violence and do not harm anyone. They remain related to slogans, banners, placards, sit-ins or even hunger strikes. On the other hand, a non-peaceful agitation turns into violent acts. The stones are thrown, the public and private properties are damaged, the policemen are beaten and in some cases, there are gunshots. Such agitations mostly result in the injury to many of the participants and even their death.
Though all the protests have their impacts, the peaceful protests are considered to have positive impacts the most. In fact, the true spirit of agitation lies in such types of protests. The democratic system, at least in theory, supports such protests and considers them the outcome of the maturity and awareness of the public. Therefore, it is necessary that the agitators who by organizing the agitations show their love for democracy must also make sure that their agitations do not turn violent as they may harm many others or their properties. In that manner their rights would be violated and the agitators themselves become the violator of justice.
It is really important that Afghans must learn the true spirit of democratic and peaceful protests. Such agitations will not only bring the desired result but would also set a valuable example for the coming generations to follow. They have to be shrewd enough to see how the political groups avail their own interests and try to make the protests violent. Yesterday’s protests were not totally peaceful and therefore, it was not able to achieve its objective. It further brought miseries to the people who were already suffering. The protestors were not united under single leadership and their demands were not coherent as well. Meanwhile, the response of the government was not very encouraging. It had to make sure to listen to the demands of the protestors and calm them down, but it was not able to do so.   
On the other hand, it should also be noted that the government and security officials are responsible to guarantee peace and tranquility in the country. They need to realize that insecurity is on the rise in Afghanistan and the future seems uncertain as the lives, livelihood and security of the people are not fully guaranteed. The authorities have not been able to control the situation and with each passing day the situation is getting worse. With the withdrawal of international security forces there were hopes that Afghan security forces would shoulder the security responsibilities throughout the country without much difficulty but that does not seem to be the situation. Afghan security forces are facing the toughest challenges of their lives as Taliban and Daesh are getting strength in different parts of the country simultaneously. They have made certain districts their strongholds and are able to threaten the security situation around the capital Kabul to a large extent.

The current security situation clearly depicts that it cannot further survive through lip service. Afghan government along with the security forces need to design a comprehensive strategy and at the same time they need to implement it effectively. They, undoubtedly, require to seek ways for negotiation for the long term peace but to reach to the point where they can stand on a position of strength in the negotiations they have to use their strength wisely. The international community, in the meanwhile, must continue their support and should divert their support to the areas that are the most urgent and the most necessary. Otherwise, all their support will end up in smoke.