With the disputed process of peace talks being pushed forward by President Karzai's government and Taliban's resistant attacks, public trust in dependability of the initiative continues slowing down. The major party that is invited to embrace the reconciliation process has regularly blown off the efforts. Afghanistan's High Peace Council was established following the Grand Consultative Council as the main body to pursue talks with Taliban and its militant allies.

Since then, resources have been spent on a pre-determinedly futile move which has resulted in no more than defying militancy. Taliban, Hizb-e-Islami and Haqqani network, in addition to their safe havens in Pakistan, are provided with some type of protection and safety.

To counteract government's efforts to exercise a peaceful approach to the problem, Taliban began targeting high ranking government officials, including HPC members. In a clear message from Taliban and other dissidents, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Head of the Council, felt victim to his peacemaking mission. It immediately raised great skepticism over possible outcomes of the strategically ill-designed initiative.

Peace building activities are frequently downplayed by Taliban, Hizb-e-Islami and the Haqqani group. The peace talk offers are termed as phony. So, with such a slacking milieu, the government gets overjoyed to talk to a turbaned, long bearded unknown person no matter if he proves to be an ordinary Pakistani shopkeeper later.

In the most recent blustering news related to the Peace Council, an assassin, armed with a silenced pistol, shot dead a top member of the Afghan peace council on Sunday, May 14 in Kabul. The killing strikes another blow to efforts to negotiate a political resolution to the decade-long war.

Taliban have denied responsibility for the killing, although they had earlier indicated that they would target peace negotiators. Some Afghan and foreign experts also believe that Taliban are well-positioned to sabotage the peace process to ensure further advantages for their group.

However, certain political and military analysts are of the idea that foreign intelligence networks are responsible for such attacks to prevent the potential reconciliation in Afghanistan. With the peace negotiators being targeted and the reconciliation undermined, the future of peace talks remains in limbo.