How safe Afghanistan is?

Afghanistan is passing through its critical times after the completion of the first phase of transition of security responsibilities to Afghan National Security Forces. There is no doubt the Afghans will never back from taking over their civic duties; however, let's do not forget that the eluding enemy is pursuant to bring the country down to its knees by killing its political, economical, military and internationally known personalities, whom are national assets of Afghanistan.

Security Transition to Afghan National Security Forces

A comparison of the facts on the ground, and opinions in the political circles




NATO wants to give Lashkar Gah - the capital of the volatile Helmand province - over to the Afghans to handle security from July onward. But allegations of police brutality, Taliban prevalence and violence abound. Is this really the Afghanistan we want to leave behind. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.

Afghan refugees double in 2011

The accusation against Afghan Local Police might be baseless, but the issue is bigger than it seems. Afghanistan's on the verge of being abandoned; and the dire consequences are well foreseen by no one, better than Afghans. Those fleeing the country understands that Taliban, and other terrorists, if given chance to re-rule the country and nation, will not hesitate to launch their onslaught on ordinary Afghans. Current negotiations with Taliban absolutely pose a wider threat to the entire 10 years achievement. 

Bringing Taliban, and other extremely dangerous forces back into power will jeopardize all political, economical, and infrastructural gains in Afghanistan. It will undermine the wishes and dreams of millions of Afghans. 

Question is, either by abandoning Afghanistan, or bringing Taliban, who, and what will motivate these millions of refugees to return to their country? 

Afghanistan is heading to the right direction. Economy, national infrastructure, and national defense sectors are heading to a competitive level. If the tends of development and progress continue to the advance in its present speed, Afghanistan will achieve it is minimum goals of self-reliance and self sufficiency by a very near future.

Corruption exacerbates the impact of poverty in Afghanistan

Poverty in Afghanistan is mounted to the sky. Question is where did billions of dollar donated for betterment of the ordinary Afghans' lives go. Not only that donation money disappeared from sight of international donating sights, but prominent national and international Afghan banks were brought to the verge of collapse by the corruption circles within the government and outside of the government of Afghanistan. Question is: Till when will this continue? why global donating community turn their blind eyes to these known corrupt leaders, who are poisoned to ruin these innocent futures, and exacerbate the impact of poverty in Afghanistan.

Female Police in Afghanistan

In todays geopolitical turbulence regarding Afghanistan, due to the importance of international commitment to Afghanistan the balance negative thoughts about the war in Afghanistan taking it is tool in many ways. However, what media do not pay that much attention on the ground the progress achieved by Afghans its international allies  in field of security training and advancement. Easily if one compare today's Afghanistan to back 10 years, one will convincingly resign to a satisfied position about the brilliant progress achieved so far.

Pakistan, still save haven of terrorists

U.S. President Barack Obama is seen being interviewed by Britian's Andrew Marr of the BBC in the Diplomatic Reception Room in the White House, in Washington in this photograph received in London on May 21, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Pete Souza/The White House/BBC/Handout

LONDON | Sun May 22, 2011 6:09am EDT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama would approve a new incursion into Pakistan if the United States found another leading militant there, he said in a BBC interview broadcast on Sunday.

U.S. Navy SEALs killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11 attacks on U.S. cities in 2001, in a raid on his fortified compound in Pakistan on May 2, ending a manhunt for the world's most-wanted militant.

Asked if Obama would do the same again if the United States discovered another "high-value target" in Pakistan or another country, such as a senior al Qaeda member or Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, he said he would "take the shot."

"We are very respectful of the sovereignty of Pakistan. But we cannot allow someone who is actively planning to kill our people or our allies' people, we can't allow those kind of active plans to come to fruition without us taking some action," Obama told the BBC.

"I had made no secret. I had said this when I was running for the presidency, that if I had a clear shot at bin Laden, that we'd take it."

Obama's comments echoed those of U.S. Senator John Kerry, a Democrat close to his administration and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Asked this month if the United States would conduct a similar raid in Pakistan to kill Omar if they knew his whereabouts, he said Washington would consider all its options.

U.S. officials have long maintained Omar fled to Pakistan after the Taliban government was overthrown in late 2001 by U.S.-backed Afghan forces and is still in hiding there. Islamabad has denied reports he is in Pakistan.

Obama arrives in Britain on Tuesday for a three-day state visit -- the first state visit by a U.S. president since 2003.

He will hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron and address the parliament to hail the two countries' special relationship and stress the importance of transatlantic ties.

(Reporting by Olesya Dmitracova

(Reuters)