Date: 12/05/11

Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel

Office of the Federal Government

Berlin, Germany

Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel

AFTQ wants to appreciate your efforts in bringing nations like Afghanistan on the road to democracy and playing a host to a respected International Conference on Afghanistan at Bonn. However with the reference to the last conference held at Bon which shapes the entire format of Bonn Agreement to form an interim government in Afghanistan electing Hamid Karzai as the President and the challenges it still face which the nation was facing at the start of war on terror in Afghanistan.

Her Excellency Bonn Agreement though was a great initiative but has serious flaws which proved brutal and fatal to the Afghan political road map to democracy and to the international community assistance program which even after its decade old implementation has failed to bring normalcy and stability in Afghanistan. When we talk about Afghanistan the situation seems easy to handle and the common formula for all could be implemented which is just call few representatives and elect an interim government with interim leader but it cannot be worked on successfully in Afghanistan if we think it will and the results of which we all are seeing and are witness to.

Afghanistan though being an independent and sovereign country but always ruled by tribes and their leaders where even they have central authority but have their own laws while functioning under a common framework agreed upon by them on common terms. Since last four decades Afghanistan remained a chessboard of the politics where world leaders fought their wars of self pride and imperialistic strategies but as usual the price has always been paid by the innocent Afghan people.

Hundreds and thousands of lives has been lost and counting it just happens in the misconceptions about the Afghan society and effects of various factions which influence the Afghan national stability. Till now Karzai government has unable to bring the opposition in confidence and other disturbing factions based in nearby countries like Pakistan and Iran. His government has failed in negotiations with the opposition leaders many times like Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Mullah Omar who now have re-formed and are on constant organizing drive since the start of war and the result is that civilians are being targeted and military has also become vulnerable to them.

Apart from this the complexities grew even more when the new networks like Haqqani and other terror outfits from across the border tries to create nuisance and are making possible for the parties like Hizb e Islami and Taliban to stand more powerfully against the foreign troops and their operations failing their every possible move towards development.

Though Her Excellency many good things have happened in Afghanistan with signing of this Bonn Agreement but the majority of them which ensures the safe future of this nation are still lies in limbo and still waits for the light of progress to shine them. International community has build schools, colleges, roads and many great infrastructural projects however the things still remains somewhat the same when we take an outlook of the overall Afghan progress which shows the grim picture.

Due to these lackluster approaches and constant implications’ of failed schemes has led to the demise of Hamid Karzai’s national representation though the government selected is legitimate and elected but series of civilian deaths and failures to contain the growing Taliban and Hizb e Islami effect has created a huge divide between Karzai government and the general people of Afghanistan and the reason major to this authority depreciation is due to the non representation of other distant and forgotten tribes which were never got quality representation and consideration in the team of Karzai and the Interim government.

International community and its presence in Afghanistan from the day Taliban rule was toppled and till now there is hardly any visible systematic progress in terms of vibrant political establishments and other related institutions like Supreme Court of Afghanistan and functioning judiciary.

Even though we understand that the commitments were made for the training of Afghan security forces but with the withdrawal of foreign troops their existence and effectiveness left a big question mark on their future and the entire security scenario of Afghanistan and its political governance as Afghan security forces are hardly trained properly and they lack expertise in tacking the growing mess of extremists and other radical movements in and around Afghanistan which is not a matter of grave concern to the region but entire world at large whose result and aftermath we all have seen and suffered.

Her Excellency Interim government since its formation has never been able to represent all the tribes and their concerns properly where many still awaits their chance to stand as partners in the race to democracy. The result is now that Afghanistan and its people now stands at the cross roads where the situation will soon to become similar like the last civil war whose uncontrolled governance leads to the rise of extremists Taliban rule.

Her Excellency until n unless the Interim government and the entire parties who are signatories to the Bonn Agreement including Pakistan and Iran does not show the confident approach and their long term assured commitments towards the establishment of a flourishing and prosperous Afghanistan; none of the so called agreements and conferences will have no worth in the reality.

Nevertheless, when we say that the situation lies poor and there is a growing divide in the Afghan society we must take into consideration that there are other factors that too are responsible for these chaos’s created by the cross border infiltration from Pakistan and Iran both of them are failed and terror states.

Till now International community has coordinating with the governments of these countries but there especially in Pakistan if we did not have good associations and dialogues with other agencies like ISI, Pakistan Army, fundamentalist leaders and warlords operating inside the territory of Pakistan then how can we guarantee the long term stability to Afghanistan and its people.

If the Bonn Agreement and its vision need to be successful then each and every party which either has direct or indirect influence on the Afghan stability must be called upon at any cost and at all levels otherwise there is no need calling all the failed leaders and authorities of Afghanistan and other leaders from the global community all the way to Germany and concretizing on nothing. If this is the situation then these types of conferences, gatherings and agreements can be held and signed in Kabul itself then why wasting the precious money and time of all.

AFTQ wants to suggest that if the German authorities and other signatories are serious and visionary enough in making this prestigious Bonn Agreement and the International Conference on Afghanistan a successful event which can become an example to others then they must call and invite the scholars who are settled down in Europe, experts / professionals of the Afghan politics and its culture, representative leaders of all the Afghan tribes, representatives from all the agencies / authorities of Pakistan and Iran and all those group leaders which are called and named as extremists / terrorists because without a proper and efficient dialogue with all the parties whether they are in favor of Afghan progress by west or against it must be brought into the negotiations and all parties must come to common terms to solve the Afghan crisis otherwise it is worthless to sign or work out any agreement for Afghanistan as said earlier in the letter without a complete representation no-one can assure the Afghan stability and democratic establishments.

“As it is said that in politics and economics always be a visionary from two eyes not from one eye otherwise you may hit the roadblocks in your progress.”

Regards

Hatef Mokhtar

Founder and Chairman

(AFTQ) Armed For The Quill

Oslo, Norway