Afghanistan peace process: Comforting ‘the Warrior’ [View all]

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It is an irony of history to see how utterly frivolous the decade of war has ultimately turned out to be. Not only are the Taliban — the very ‘savage’ force this war was fought against — being coaxed into accepting an offer of share in power, but the very process of peace dialogue is being presented as a sign of success.

Yes, it is a success! The dirty war is certainly inching towards its end. But the end does not appear to be better than the war itself because the ‘savage Talib’ is again on the rise.

However, the ‘savage Talib’ is no longer a ‘terrorist,’ he is an ‘insurgent’ now. Amid cheers of peace, the common Afghan continues to suffer materially and non-materially as there is hardly anyone to listen to what he has to say about what he wants for his country. The so-called peace process excludes him and consequently reduces him into insignificance.

It is not to suggest that the war should not come to an end. But what do we do when the end itself starts becoming a matter of grave concern — a new problem in itself to deal with? The so-called ‘peace process’, which Pakistani officials hailed as ‘ground-breaking’, is a recipe of political domination of Afghanistan in geo-political sense.

http://atimes.com/2015/07/afghanistan-peace-process-comforting-the-warrior/