Bonn confrenece: expectations and the out come

Bonn conference was first held in December 2001 to build up an Afghan Interim Authority to replace the then toppled Taliban Government and to chose a leader for Afghanistan.  Hamid Karazai was luckily selected as leader. And them in 2004 elections he was elected as President of Afghanistan. One of the major outcomes of this conference was to establish the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Under same conference the Afghan Constitution Commission was established to draft a new constitution in consultation with the public.

 The Bonn Agreement called for a loya Jirga to be convened within 18 months of the establishment of the Transitional Authority and for the use of the 1964 constitution as the basis for a new constitution. The constitution had been adopted by the loya Jirga on January 4, 2004.

Today again the conference  held in Bonn under the chairmanship of Afghan President Karazi, which urges foreign troops pull out from Afghanistan in 2014, demands international support to rebuild war-hit country.

Although the conference urges the pull-out of troops in 2014 but the President Karazai still seems afraid of comeback of Taliban as CNN reported. It says “The Taliban could make a comeback and take over Afghanistan again, the country's President Hamid Karzai warned Monday at an international conference on Afghanistan's future.

At this point of time there are many prospects which add to the value of Bonn conference:

• ·         USA and its allies are mostly disappointed from achieving their goals, as Hamid Karazi said "Our shared goal of a stable, self-reliant Afghanistan is far from being achieved." This clearly shows that after utilizing all might and recourses for at lesst ten years the damsel of victory is still far away.
• ·         The time of US and Allied troop’s withdrawal is only a year away, and the Taliban are still not in control, any time they can make come back.
• ·         The Pak-Us relations after the NATO attack on Pak Army are not as good as before, so any decision about Afghanistan without the presence of Pakistan should be more wise and clever which can replace the importance of Pakistan.

In the presence of all these aspects it was expected that there would be a comprehensive plan for peace, rebuilding, and stability in Afghanistan. The overall report of the conference is hopefully good. But to be very honest, any settlement of Afghanistan without the involvement of Taliban and Pakistan cannot be assured as a long term solution.

Let us wait for the outcomes of Bonn conference, as 2014 is not too far