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A Bleeding Future Awaits for Afghans

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A Bleeding Future Awaits for Afghans

The future seems to be bleeding and the gloomy days are ahead of millions of common Afghans once again. The recent incidents of violence by condemning the inadvertently burning of Holy Koran to the horrifying attacks on civilians and the incessant attacks by the insurgent perpetrators indicate the bad days ahead. The future seems quite disappointing once the U.S takes initiative for its withdrawal.

People in Afghanistan have long been dreaming to witness the establishment of a permanent peace in their long suffering war-affected land by the United States and its allies on the ground. Afghans call this land unkind and that it has never been kind to its children and women, because these two sects have been affected the worst with continuous discrimination and deprivation. Every one dreams day after to see a stable and peaceful Afghanistan, today or tomorrow but that never turns into reality.

Perhaps, there has never been a man with sense of responsibility to perceive how these nations suffer from injustice and violence in the last decades of civil war. Whoever came into power, believed to worsen the ground and brought further instability in terms of bribery in order to pursue their evil desires. Today what has become a hurdle towards stability and progress are corruption and the ultimate increment in insecurity in the region.

Schools are burning, clinics are closed, communities are working with the government are threatened to death and the NGOs are operating on the grounds for the better growth of powerless and excluded people are warned to stop their operations. And the government to protect them is completely failed. Even, since some parts of the country's security responsibly have been transferred to Afghan forces, gone worst. And to follow the footprint of the international forces after their withdrawal seems bleeding and hopes to see a stable and loyal government is dying.

Most of the people are joining the insurgents. They government has totally disappointed the people in every terms of service. It couldn't win the mind and hearts of its people and this will further spoil the gain being acquired in the last ten years of incessant sacrifices, by government itself, not the people. The progress over the past ten years or so has been painfully slow. It is critical that this changes, because everyday lives are being lost.

The ongoing Peace and Reintegration Process offers further uncertainty about the future of millions of Afghans today. They are afraid that this process might not offer an initiative for everlasting decades of conflicts and destruction as per the ground realities. People believe that this Peace and Reintegration Process will lead to an ever disastrous destruction one more if the government suggests the U.S to accept their evil demands. Reading the status of current touchy situation and economic crackdown, the government and the United States will accept every offer comes along from the Taliban.

Most people living in under the domination of Taliban, highly insecure areas are totally against the withdrawal of the U.S forces and peace talks with the Taliban. They appeared to state that it will not be a good step to ending the conflict, and certainly a more likely scenario will be witnessed soon after the peace talks with the Taliban take place as their promises seem fragile.

The Peace and Reintegration Process will not be considered as the cornerstone for the international community and Afghan government's policy for stabilizing Afghanistan or for establishing a permanent peace in the region. Handling the overall responsibility to the government of Afghanistan will eventually further worsen the situation since the government of Afghanistan completely depends on U.S' economy. The government has no source of income yet to be able to pay the Afghan forces in the fight for stability.

Most of the Afghan forces will join the insurgents and turn against the government if it fails to pay their bills. The insurgents are just eager to see the collapse of the U.S and Afghan government so that they could start another enrolment and this will automatically happen after the withdrawal of the international community from the region. In the absence of U.S forces, the Taliban are believed to be much stronger than the current corrupt Afghan government. They will establish their enforced rule and law upon the people to follow whether by hook or crook.

Most importantly, the Taliban don't need the support from the international community or Afghan government, they have great source of income, sponsored by the so-called Arabian countries. Taliban can survive under any circumstances, but what does the Afghan government have to support s for it' survival?
The challenge and general confusion surround the APRP, failing to help make the complex initiative any more transparent or be the ultimate cause for establishing a permanent peace in the region. This leaves many Afghans at a loss when it comes to explaining what the process actually involves.

Indeed, around 40 per cent of people fear that the peace process could be damaging the gains. They are concerned that the basic human rights will be lost as part of the overall peace deal with the Taliban.
This fear is acute in most insecure areas in the region. 90 percent of the women believe that they fear a loss of freedom of expression, women's rights, and democracy in the absence of U.S.

There are points that the Afghan population is afraid of their future because many say that they don't feel to have control on their own lives. Many Afghans believe that Pakistan and Iran are the most influenced destructor of peace and stability in Afghanistan. There was also some ambiguity towards some of the attacks carried out in Kabul. The details indicate that the planned to begin next year, will be crucial to maintaining security while drawing down troops. The regional states have their eyes on maximizing benefits as the US reviews cutting its losses and bailing out of Kabul.

Certainly, the negotiation with the Taliban will not provide all the answers to the ground challenges. And the Afghan government is not capable to face the laying challenges at any possible terms. In a country where there has been war for more than three decades is not easy to cover all the loses within ten years while corruption was overwhelmed and progress painfully slow. There are still numerous issues to be addressed in the future which are out of Afghan government's capability.

The final concern is, the international community and the United States should listen to all, minor and local voices in the Peace and Reintegration Process when deciding to leave Afghanistan. The best and most appropriate solution to ending the Afghan decades of war is not to leaving millions of people in this fragile situation with millions of questions in their minds.

Abdul Samad Haidari is the permanent writer of the Daily outlook Afghanistan. He can be reached at abdulsamad.haidari96@gmail.com

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