August 02, 2020

​Losing the sight of peace in Afghanistan

topic:	Transparency and Corruption
located:	Afghanistan
editor:	Shadi Khan Saif

Literally all key players engaged in the bloody Afghan war theater continue to undermine peace for their wasted interests, leaving the war-ridden nation little hope for the bloodshed to end.

The deadly assault on a prison facility that left close to 30 people killed on Monday at a time when the troubled peace parlay fringes on sluggish swap of inmates clearly demonstrated these intensions.

As yet another remarkable ceasefire on the occasion of Eid helped create an immediate-term momentum for peace, things still remain murkier for long-term truce, which remains the Afghan nation’s ultimate desire.

From inside, the view of the Afghan conflict shows many powerful domestic players of the conflict remain busy in accumulating wealth, getting filthy rich every year while the country continues to slide down in the poverty index.

The exterior view shows utter failure of the entire world community i.e. powerful countries and international institutions, in saving lives, convincing or compelling weary neighbors from fueling the deadly violence that continues to cause havoc.

On one end, the west-backed Afghan government is holding ground claiming to protect democratic values, rights and liberties of the citizens. Challenging the government’s writ, legitimacy are the Taliban determined to re-establish so-called ‘true Islamic Emirate’.

That is why there is rush on their part to begin the vague intra-Afghan talks without a clear agenda while not acknowledging it to be official and direct talks with the government.
Regardless of what the Afghan factions, both government and Taliban, are standing for, the use of violence as a mean or holding the nation as hostage for it, is no less than a war crime and crime against humanity.

Fresh figures by the UN indicate raging violence in Afghanistan caused 3,458 civilian casualties (1,282 killed and 2,176 injured) in first half of 2020.

The midyear report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) noted ‘disturbing’ increase in civilian casualties attributed to the Taliban with a total of 43 per cent of civilian casualties and civilian casualties attributed to government forces up to 23 per cent of the total number of civilian casualties.

The Afghans on both sides need to realize, the sooner the better, that there are many terror groups in Afghanistan that don't want peace to succeed and do not care Afghans dying every day.

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