Ayesha Siddiqa

Nothing could be clearer than the fact that there is an ever-widening divide in the perception, interests and understanding of the situation amongst the various stakeholders in Afghanistan. The regional states have their eyes on maximising benefits as the US reviews cutting its losses and bailing out of Kabul.
Although American officials explained that the Obama administration is yet to take a final decision regarding withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, it is quite clear that the US and its Nato allies are looking for an exit. This would mean finding some face-saving method for allied forces to withdraw.

Der Spiegel By Peter Neumann
Do Exit Programs for Islamists Actually Work?

It sounds like a promising idea: Instead of confronting the Taliban on the battlefield, why not pay them to give up violence? But such programs have been tried before, and they have one major disadvantage: They tend only to work when the insurgents are already losing.

Germany wants to contribute 50 million to the Taliban "exit" program in Afghanistan. The idea is to undercut support for the insurgency by helping individual Taliban leave their group, de-radicalize and re-integrate into Afghan society. Sounds like a great plan, but how do these programs actually work? And -- more importantly -- are they successful?

By Hamid Shalizi And Abdul Malek
KABUL/LASHKAR GAH (Reuters) – Taliban leaders will decide soon whether to join talks with the Afghan government, a militant spokesman said on Friday, after President Hamid Karzai invited them to a peace council aimed at ending the Afghan war.

In the country's south, suicide attackers launched an assault in the capital of Helmand, Afghanistan's most violent province, with gunmen holed up in three buildings, battling government and NATO troops who returned fire with helicopter strikes.

Inspiration;
Khyberwatch Network takes inspiration from the Pushtun Nationalist Movement started by Pir Rokhan, nurtured by Khushal Khan and modernized by Baacha Khan

Mission:
Khyberwatch Network seeks the indigenous ways of constructing subjective, local and transient discourses for broader modalities of changes pertaining to human rights, peace and development. The organization has been working for more than six years to involve local intellect and the corresponding diaspora in free debate and advocacy about research and development, vertically as well as horizontally. The hallmark of the organization is its website and discussion forum whose members belong to different walks of life ranging from NGOs to political parties. The organization records local perceptions in the form of direct contributions form the people and in turn help them to seeking networking with people of like-minded perceptions. Khyberwatch Network considers the five-tier model of “Weapons of Mass Empowerment”:

1) Techno-Creative Culture
2) Knowledge- based Economy
3) E-governance based Politics
4) Industry-based Education
5) WWW-based Morality (My worth is my work and my work is my worship)

Khyberwatch Network is engaged in conducting research related to key Pushtun issues. Khyberwatch is focusing good governess, economic development, education, media literacy, publications, translations, promoting language and culture and other philanthropic works.

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پاکستان میں دہشت گردی کے خاتمے اور دیرپا امن کے لیے پشاور میں کام کرنے والی سول سوسائٹی کی تمام تنظیموں، 6 امن پسند سیاسی پارٹیوں، سوات ، مالاکنڈاور فاٹا کے متاثرہ علاقوں کے نمائندوں کی طرف سے متفقہ دستاویز

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