About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

21 J. Pol. Stud. 1 (2014)

handle is hein.journals/jlo21 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 21, Issue - 1, 2014, 01:12 Stabilizing Afghanistan: Agenda - 2015 Attar Rabbani* Abstract Stable Afghanistan, is still a distant dream, well after 12 years since ruling Taliban were dislodged, post 9/11. The US led foreign forces operating in Afghanistan has managed barely to bring fragile-peace that too at the huge cost in terms of personnel, finance and prestige. Pakistan was initially viewed as a reliable partner due to geo-strategic and professional reasons. Few years later, however Pakistan was accused of playing 'double game' and held responsible for undermining the 'war on terrorism' by supporting significant section of Afghan Taliban and other terrorist groups. The US, in particular went to the extent of castigating Islamabad openly; and brought to bear significant financial and diplomatic pressure to shun the 'double game'. The current initiative named Peace Process Roadmap 2015 nevertheless once again accords primacy to Pakistan in arranging direct peace talks for a coalition government in Kabul. This paper critically analyses Peace Process Roadmap 2015 and argues that it has a better potential to succeed in prevailing socio-political environ in Afghanistan, in view of consistent policy failures that we have been witnessing since 2005. Keywords: Afghanistan, Roadmap 2015, Pakistan, and Prospects for Peace. Introduction Realistically speaking, the States accord more primacy to security/survival than to spreading democratic values and institutions. The US by backing the Peace Process Roadmap 2015 is traversing most pragmatic way out from Afghanistan. The US is doing so, knowing full well that giving primacy to Islamabad in arranging direct peace talks for a coalition government in Kabul can undercut democratic project in Afghanistan and has potential to perpetuate Islamabad's strategic position in the region. This perhaps is the best possible alternatives; than to embracing Afghanistan, overtly controlled by Taliban and/or al-Qaida forces. This is not to suggest that peace efforts led by Pakistan erases possibility of shelter being provided for anti-Western elements; but at least, it would provide an indirect and comparatively effective device for the US, by which it can coerce Islamabad to ensure effective *Author is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Ismail Yusuf College, University of Mumbai - India.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most