Yesterday’s
suicide attack against a well-known Kabul restaurant, which killed so many
people and also destroyed the little flame of normalcy that the establishment
symbolised, reminds all of us that President Karzai has yet to move on the
security cooperation agreement with the US.
That
agreement is the indispensable framework for any future assistance to
Afghanistan after the departure of ISAF, at the end of this year. It was
approved by the Loya Jirga (great assembly of elders and local traditional chiefs)
in November 2013. Hamid Karzai could have signed it soon after. He has not done
it and the delay is making it almost impossible to ensure a proper transition
to the period post-ISAF. This will have a major impact on the continuation of
key development projects. International staff will be drastically reduced if
the security conditions are not properly guaranteed.
What
are Karzai´s motives?
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