Few days ago the New York Times published report claiming that the United States was considering a zero military option after 2014. It said that President Obama was committed to ending America’s military involvement in the country by the end of the 2014.

Seemingly, President Obama has increasingly become disappointed of developing friendly relation with Afghan counterpart. After the opening of political office for Taliban militants in Doha, President Karzai promptly repudiated the talks and suspended negotiations with the United States over the long term security deal that is needed to keep American forces in Afghanistan after 2014. Kabul strongly criticized the hoist of Taliban flag and the name of the office as Office of Emarat-e-Islami.

The process was deemed by Afghan government as US unilateral efforts to strike deal with militants. In order to ease tension, President Obama made video conference to assert that his administration is

committed to promises it has made. But New York Times quoted officials aware of the conference that it was ended badly. President Karzai, according to those sources, accused the United States of trying to negotiate a separate peace with both the Taliban and their backers in Pakistan, leaving Afghanistan’s fragile government exposed to its enemies.

Seemingly such an approach has increasingly frustrated President Obama and he is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal. Meanwhile, President Karzai frequently emphasized that it was up to Afghan people to decide to make long-term strategic partnership with the United States. The bilateral negotiation also has not ended to a conclusion that gives hope for long standing cooperation between the two countries.

However, it is not clear what actually Mr. President is asking from Washington in exchange for his agreement over establishment of military headquarters and maintenance of small portion of its security forces after 2014.

It is highly suggested the President Karzai should consider that in spite of US interest to remain in the country, but it will not pay huge price. Perhaps, Afghanistan is far important than Iraq. After serious opposition of Iraqi officials to its presence, Washington simply pulled out all its security forces except small portion for the protection of its embassy.

We witness that after withdrawal and in spite of strong Iraqi government, the sectarian violence is boiling in the country and has left thousands of casualties. It is highly possible that in absence of foreign security forces, the security scenario may loom far more dangerous than Iraq.