(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) IT'S FUTILE to believe that normalcy has returned to Afghanistan. Though the war-weary country has seen a lull in terrorist activities, it is nonetheless far from serenity.
Of late, the twin suicide blasts near the Nato base in Wardak is a grim reminder of the fact that more than a decade of Coalition troops presence and their witch-hunt tactics haven't delivered. The blasts killed at least 10 people, and wounded more than 50. The point is that unscrupulous elements are free to choose their targets and nothing has deterred them from going on a rampage. The daredevil attacks inside the capital, Kabul, and in areas as remote as Heart and Kunduz by the Taleban militia just go on to prove that they are regrouping and their potential to act in adversity has galvanised with the passage of time.
The Pakhtoon militia, which of late seems to have infiltrated the corridors of power and possibly found sympathisers who leak the Coalition plan of action, has now apparently grown too big to be defeated in a hit-and-run warfare. What Afghanistan is experiencing today is guerilla warfare, and that too without a specific zone of operation. This is too toiling, as the general public is always at the receiving end. The troublesome aspect is that the Taleban's Wardak operation has come close on the heels of a similar one on the outskirts of Kabul last month, which literally proved that the intelligence coordination is a faux pas. The fears are of a surge in violence when foreign forces withdraw by the end of 2014. The country's political fabric is too marginalised and divisive to face the challenges of self-governance. The security paradigm is in need of being re-cast in a foolproof manner.
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