Peace with Afghanistan?

Mark Grossman, U.S. envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, met with Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday 21, 2012. Grossman made an attempt to resolve conflicts with the Afghan president.

 "The Afghan nation is the owner of the peace process and any peace talks. No other country or organization has the right to deprive the Afghan nation to this right. Afghanistan is not a place for foreigners to do their political experiments or a laboratory that every few years they test a new political system,” Karzai said.

Grossman also met with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of the militant Hizb-i-Islami. If Hekmatyar somehow considered the idea, Karzai may approve, as well. Although Hizb-i-Islami has attacked U.S. forces and Hekmatyar is one of America’s most wanted terrorists, they may finally want to put an end the blood and guts.

"The United States stands ready to assist in any way we can an Afghan-led reconciliation process to find a peaceful end to this conflict. I look forward to calling on President Karzai and discussing next steps," Grossman said.

However, this doesn’t mean it will surely happen. Hillary Clinton added her comments about the situation with a realistic mind. "I think all of us are entering into it with a very realistic sense of what is possible. And that includes, of course, President Karzai and his government, which after all bear the ultimate responsibility and the consequences of any such discussions."

 Clinton recommended accepting Afghan’s constitution and ending ties with al Qaeda as a first step to accepting Afghan’s system. There is no telling of what is to come, but there will be more talks between Grossman and Afghan.

Mark Grossman

Mark Grossman displayed humanist sociology by meeting with the Afghan president and an official and offering support in order to achieve peace. He wanted to place Afghan’s needs first to make reconciliation. Grossman also displayed macrosociology by focusing on the relationship between Afghanistan and the U.S.

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posted by: Alejandra Hernandez