Recent developments between United States and Afghanistan
have become even more stressed. The proposed Bilateral Security agreement (BSA)
has yet to be signed and the future operations in Afghanistan and surrounding
area will severely be effected. This is not excluding future discussions with
Taliban leaders on prisoner exchange and peace talks. With President
Hamid Karzai’s lack of commitment to U.S. policies and recent support of
Taliban have raised concern with which way the country is going to head after
the U.S. ends its military and financial involvement.
The U.S. recently involved in prisoner exchange talks to retrieve Army Sergeant Bowe
Bergdahl, ended by Taliban officials. Reported the Andrea Mitchel Reports show on MSNBC, the
Taliban have refrained in any commitment with prisoner exchange due to the
future Afghanistan Elections, the BSA agreement and future US involvement in
the area. There is a lot riding on the future words of the two current
presidents and their stances with these current problems arising. If the U.S. does
leave the country, a top Pakistan official claims that 30% of the Afghanistan
security forces will desert and the country of Afghanistan will go into a civil
war. Pakistan has been the most affected country during hostilities in
Afghanistan commenced. This is not only due to it being a border country, but
its close personal ties with Afghanistan.
The U.S. will
be pressuring Karzai to sign the Agreement allowing at least 13 thousand US and 4 thousand Allied forces to remain in the
country. If Karzai does refuse to sign the agreement, then there will be aggressive U.S. and N.A.T.O support for Afghanistan Presidential Candidate Abdullah Abdullah who has
promised to sign the bill if elected.
The BSA will most likely be the single driving force to help decide the
future of Afghanistan along with the moral and commitment of its military and how the
Taliban will be addressed. The U.S. is more than ready to bring its troops home
from this 13-year war, and the BSA will help do that.
Afghanistan already has surpassed
any other American war in time spent. Besides this distressing fact, Americans
are still filling body bags from an increasing controversial country that may
end up the same way Iraq has. Iraq has lost cities and regions to Al Qaeda and
Iraq appears to be in more distress everyday with no end in site. With recent
experience in foreign upstart government failure and lack of support,
Afghanistan will remain in question if it is worth Government tax dollars and
life to support its survival.
End State future U.S. and Afghanistan
relations will hinder relationships in the entire region. Surrounding countries
will have to deal with refugees, troops and fighting at its borders if there is to be a civil war. How just is it for the U.S. to maintain forces and spend millions of
dollars for a country that may not want us there? This will require more help
from the entire international community and support will for overall success
will have to remain the U.S. main priority.
