WHY PEACE NOW AFTER 15 YEARS OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN?

            For more than 37 years Afghanistan has been burning in fire. Millions of people died, crippled, displaced and fled to other countries for seeking safe asylum. After the Soviet defeat along with its stooge government under the leadership of Dr. Najibullah, soon after Mujahedeen came to power, in result they entangled in civil war and caused the emergence of Taliban. After 5 years of Taliban government the event of 9/11 took place that pulled Americans and its allies on war on terror to Afghanistan.

            Americans and NATO has been fighting in Afghanistan with Taliban for 15 years and had never shown enthusiasm for peace but always emphasized and struggled for suppressing and marginalizing Taliban. Recently, a U turn is observable in their Afghan policy and endeavoring for peace with Afghan Taliban. Looking back to the history of the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in 1979 that were forced by the Mujahedeen and their allies to withdrew.

            On the behest of Soviet, Dr. Najibullah started the National Reconciliation Process but failed to get their aimed objectives. From the perspective of this mentioned historical fact Americans have been defeated against Taliban as accepted by President Obama few days back. Americans and the NATO are looking for a safe and honorable withdrawal therefore, pressurizing on peace talks with Taliban. The imaginable reality behind the peace process is the link between Taliban and Russia. Americans try to curb the direct involvement of Russia which may face them to the destiny of the Soviet Union. The recent peace agreement with the former Mujahedeen leader Gulbudin Hekmatyar who was anti Soviet and played a key role in Afghan war of 1979, he was also kept in isolation and had no share in government and black listed by the international community on Americans order and now he is back from the exile for new game.

In 15 years of American existence Afghan society has been divided into two major ideological sections that are Extremist or Religious Hardliners and the Moderate Democrats. Taliban and their followers are considered extremist who never accept the democracy which is manmade, they only want divine system or (SHARIA) and those who worked in government in back years they do not accept SHARIA which is a huge friction between these two ideological groups.

To conclude the argument in first hand it is difficult to have peace with Taliban, though if it happened then the major question rise that who will rule the state?  The answer is definitely Taliban because of their military might and not involvement in corruption. These two will be the key factors to keep them in power.