The United States President, Barack Obama's recent announcement of withdrawing their troops from Afghanistan explains the stand of U.S in the current scenario. This decision is in alignment with the wishes of the citizen of U.S to bring back their solders. He recognized his priority of mending U.S economy than waging war in foreign lands. After around 10 years of warfare in Afghan, the death of Bin Laden offered a defining moment for U.S for taking this step.
The implications of this decision has far-reaching. It shows the U.S's acceptance of Taliban as being part of Afghan nation and accepting that Taliban doesn't threaten America's homeland security anymore. Obama expressed optimism about the peace process and expects the Afghan government assumes the responsibility of security by 2014. The timeline for drawdown of forces - 10000 troops by end of 2011, 33,000 by mid 2012 and the remaining 70,000 troops at a steady pace through 2013-2014.
Mr. Obama completely avoided mentioning the pledge of former U.S President George W.Bush, that they would consider a Marshall plan for Afghan and instead pleaded that "this is time of rising debt and hard economic times at home and we should be concentrating on rebuilding America". The Afghans fear that the western aid and project would dry up because of this shift in perspective. If that happens, Afghanistan will revert to the late 1990s when Taliban regime first accepted the financial help offered by Laden. All hope now hinges on the next international conference that Mr. Obama will be hosting in May next year.
However, there is no need to panic as there is only a remote possibility of a civil war situation of 1990s.
In this current scenario India should establish communication lines with the Taliban and clarify its stand on Afghan to Pakistan to avoid the situation of Afghan becoming a field for India-Pakistan rivalry. India should also adopt the technique of Chinese diplomacy of normalizing relations with neighboring countries.
-Vish
Excerpts : http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2139551.ece
The implications of this decision has far-reaching. It shows the U.S's acceptance of Taliban as being part of Afghan nation and accepting that Taliban doesn't threaten America's homeland security anymore. Obama expressed optimism about the peace process and expects the Afghan government assumes the responsibility of security by 2014. The timeline for drawdown of forces - 10000 troops by end of 2011, 33,000 by mid 2012 and the remaining 70,000 troops at a steady pace through 2013-2014.
Mr. Obama completely avoided mentioning the pledge of former U.S President George W.Bush, that they would consider a Marshall plan for Afghan and instead pleaded that "this is time of rising debt and hard economic times at home and we should be concentrating on rebuilding America". The Afghans fear that the western aid and project would dry up because of this shift in perspective. If that happens, Afghanistan will revert to the late 1990s when Taliban regime first accepted the financial help offered by Laden. All hope now hinges on the next international conference that Mr. Obama will be hosting in May next year.
However, there is no need to panic as there is only a remote possibility of a civil war situation of 1990s.
In this current scenario India should establish communication lines with the Taliban and clarify its stand on Afghan to Pakistan to avoid the situation of Afghan becoming a field for India-Pakistan rivalry. India should also adopt the technique of Chinese diplomacy of normalizing relations with neighboring countries.
-Vish
Excerpts : http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2139551.ece
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