The United States is providing Taliban with a safety network which includes job opportunity for Taliban’s insurgents and is persuading Taliban to join the US proposed peace process in Afghanistan.
According to a news reported on Thursday, the US defence department has also proposed a plan for rehabilitating the rebels in Afghanistan. Pentagon also planned to send proposal to the US congress this week.
The report stated: “Although some members of the Taliban may be weary of fighting and ready to lay down their weapons, they will only rejoin society if they believe their safety and the safety of their families are guaranteed, and if they have an opportunity to earn enough money to provide for their families.”
However, the Pentagon also noted that while the local leaders are into the developed programs which might help in the peace process, “the Afghan government has not developed a national reintegration programme”.
While the US appears to be keen regarding withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan, the Pentagon advocates are trying to maintain enough troops in Afghanistan to persuade Taliban to join peace process.
The report said though Taliban did not accepted the second ceasefire publicly, “there’re indicators of support within the Taliban senior leadership and a desire to pursue negotiations”.
The Pentagon plan said: “Increased military pressure on the Taliban, international calls for peace, and the new SRAR’s engagements appear to be driving the Taliban to negotiation.”
The Pentagon’s proposal key element for urging the Taliban for peace process is to “ensure the long-term sustainability of the Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF)”, which would “demonstrate to the Taliban the international communities’ firm resolve in Afghanistan”.