Talks about the talks had been going on for far too long and as the drawdown approaches and the endgame starts shaping up the communicative process starts to dominate the battleground. The Americans have been involved in the process for much longer now as talking sessions have taken place between the Taliban and the US representatives. The Taliban have been given the status of being a major stakeholder in the post 2014 future of Afghanistan therefore any idea of peace and harmony in the region would have to be associated with them. The Taliban office in Qatar had been set up specially to facilitate the process. Further, the Afghan peace council has been found pampering the Taliban by succumbing to every demand they make such as releasing of key Taliban figures from jails, for the sake of peace. India, however, is a regional power that has never played its role in bringing stability into the region is finding itself at a loss as the war nears its goal.
The Pakistani side, however, had always been advocating the need for genuine reconciliation as it was believed as the only viable option towards a harmonious end. The all parties meeting held recently according to the JUI-F chief, is being marked as the official beginning of the peace process by the Pakistan side. Further, the KP governor has declared his office as the centre for reconciliation which indicates that this time the authorities and the politicians mean business.
PROFESSOR KABIL KHAN
Peshawar
