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Afghanistan: Kerry-Kayani Secret Deal Stinks - Analysis Eurasia ReviewJune 24, 2013
Afghanistan
By SAAG
By Dr Subhash Kapila
“Afghan Revelations: Pak-US Secret Diplomacy Created Doha Roadmap”—The Express Tribune, Pakistan. Headline, June 20 2013
“The Haqqanis are no longer the bull’s-eye of US military operations. They are no longer in the ‘kill or capture and be rewarded’ category. They are part and parcel of the team that would represent Mullah Omar with which Washington is deeply engaged,”—Pakistan Foreign Ministry official quoted in the above Pakistani newsreport.
The United States in its desperation to exit Afghanistan by end-2014 has seemingly let its new Pro-Pakistan US Secretary of State run loose in striking a bargain with Pakistan Army Chief General Kayani without considering the lateral strategic fallouts in the region.
The United States secret deal brokered by Secretary of State Kerry with Pakistan Army Chief stinks of duplicity and backstabbing the Afghan President besides betraying India which has sizeable and legitimate strategic national security interests in Afghanistan.
The Kerry-Kayani deal stinks because in a manner unbecoming the standing of a global power, the US Secretary of State capitulated to all the demands of the Pakistan Army Chief on Afghanistan, namely:
•Direct US peace talks with Afghan Taliban in Doha, Qatar where the US facilitated the opening of what the Afghan Taliban proclaimed as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
•US reconciliation with America’s inveterate foes of more than a decade in the Afghan War, namely Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar and the Haqqani brothers. Both these entities were responsible for suicide bombings and attacks on US Forces in Afghanistan.
•US agreeing to work towards reframing of the Afghan Constitution to cater for Taliban power-sharing in Kabul, on departure of US Forces.
•The notorious Haqqani warlords listed by the US State Department as global terrorists would no longer be on the target list. They will be honoured by Washington by allowing them to sit on the high table of negotiations.
