US surrenders to Taliban; Adopt USSR strategy to Exit Afghanistan

Hassan Khan

US seems to have adopted the USSR strategy to exit from Afghanistan. Washington started negotiating peace in Afghanistan with Taliban militia completely keeping Afghan government out of loop. The current negotiations are started on conditions of Taliban. US accepted that solution to Afghan problem lies on political negotiations. The US also accepted Taliban Qatar office and had released a number of Taliban leaders as pre-conditions. Sources say US is also ready to postpone Afghan presidential elections scheduled in April next year on demand of Taliban and install an interim government.

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani is also complaining about US envoy Zalmi Khalilzad meeting with Afghan political leaders and political parties. Ghani wants to the US administration to include the reps of Afghan government in the negotiating team. However, the US is interested in a powerful Afghans representative board which is also acceptable to the Taliban. Taliban has already given a hint that the militia leadership will not accept any team nominated by Afghan president Ashraf Ghani.

In Kabul the Afghan intelligentsia believed that currently Dr Ghani is trying to make the talks between US and Taliban unsuccessful. As in case of success the elections might be postponed and then there will be less chances of Ashraf Ghani standing again as president.