The unknown destiny of the presidential election has brought many things on standstill, including the peace talks with Taliban militants and Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States. Presumably, President Karzai stood against the US and never showed any flexibility to recover the suffering relation occurred as result of his fanatic approach towards national and international issues.

He resisted for transfer of Bagram Prison and the US gave in. He asked for training Afghan security forces as well as equipping them with updated weaponries despite all know that almost the entire military budget of our security forces are paid by US and its allies. The astonishing capacity that security forces displayed during the Election Day is a sign of US long-term commitment to their strengthening and empowerment.

But meanwhile, President Karzai never moved an inch back from its stance and never cared about the continuous warning of the US for pulling its forces out completely. He persisted on release of Taliban prisoners who based on intelligence information were far dangerous.

Even Kabul-Islamabad relation also became tense on the account of very issue—release of Taliban Prisoners. Finally, Islamabad accepted and released number of key Taliban officials such as Mullah Turabi, the former Minister of Promotion of Virtue and Suppression and Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader.  Based on credential reports, at least half of Afghan Taliban recently freed from Pakistani prisons has rejoined the insurgency. It is also reported that many Taliban released from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay have also gone underground and there is news about their intention.

Now the approval of rejoining insurgency underscores the difficulties in reaching a political deal with the Taliban before the end of 2014, when NATO and U.S. troops are scheduled to have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Taliban have long refused to speak directly with Karzai or his government. They have said they will negotiate only with the United States, which has held secret talks with them in the Gulf state of Qatar. But at Karzai's insistence, the U.S. has since sought to have the insurgents speak directly with the Afghan government.

As mentioned, huge number of militants has been released from Afghan prison and lobbied with Pakistani officials to act similarly. It was highly appreciating if the government at least kept foot touch on the brake. In order to stop the process, Kabul still sticks to the same policy which would not work. Let see, what would be the policy of the next government but whatever it be---considering the slogans of two leading presidential runners---militants may not enjoy sympathy they do now.