As US forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, G Parthasarathy examines long-term plans by the international community to transform the country economically and bring much-needed stability to the region.
- Mullah Baradar (left), the most senior Taliban leader from the dominant Durrani tribe, is in Pakistani custody
The focus of world attention is presently on the management of the security situation in Afghanistan, as the drawdown of American forces commences. The road map for future American policies was set out in the Strategic Partnership Agreement that President Obama signed with his Afghan counterpart President Karzai on May 2, marking the first anniversary of the day American Special Forces eliminated Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbotabad. This Agreement, valid till 2024, confirms that American combat operations in Afghanistan will end in December 2014. The US has, however, pledged to provide military assistance to Afghanistan, 'so that Afghanistan can independently secure and defend itself against internal and external threats, and ensure that terrorists never again encroach on Afghan soil and threaten Afghanistan, the region and the world'.
The US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement has come at a time when there has been a serious downturn in relations between Pakistan and the US. Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani has reportedly sought to divert attention from the army's role in allegedly sheltering Osama bin Laden in Abbotabad and providing support for the Haqqani network. General Kayani's posture has evidently compelled Pakistan's Parliament and Government to lay down conditions for the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, which are regarded by the US as unacceptable. General Kayani's demand for an American apology for the unintended deaths of Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border raid may have been accommodated if he had ensured that the Haqqani network did not step up attacks on NATO forces in Kabul and elsewhere. His demanding a tenfold increase in transit fees is seen as clearly extortionist
The US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement has come at a time when there has been a serious downturn in relations between Pakistan and the US. Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani has reportedly sought to divert attention from the army's role in allegedly sheltering Osama bin Laden in Abbotabad and providing support for the Haqqani network. General Kayani's posture has evidently compelled Pakistan's Parliament and Government to lay down conditions for the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, which are regarded by the US as unacceptable. General Kayani's demand for an American apology for the unintended deaths of Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border raid may have been accommodated if he had ensured that the Haqqani network did not step up attacks on NATO forces in Kabul and elsewhere. His demanding a tenfold increase in transit fees is seen as clearly extortionist
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