Last Tuesday, Sept. 16, the United Nations’ top human rights official warned that the human rights situation was worsening in the country. A day after meeting with President Karzai and Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul, UN Higher Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that she did had concerns the human rights situation in the country was deteriorating.

During her meeting with President Karzai, she called for protection of human rights as NATO-led combat troops prepare to exit from the country by the end of 2014. Pillay said that she heard apprehensions about the sharp spike in human rights violations, in particularly women rights.

There are some facts that help us to better reflect the reasons behind such apprehension.  First of all, it is highly possible that withdrawal of foreign security forces will lead to resurge of insurgents’ activities. Insurgents will try their best to disrupt security situation in order to emerge as winner in 13-year long war.

After the handover of security responsibilities, insurgents started boasting their activities. Based on various sources, around hundred security forces are killed during a week, the number which is alarming for stability. With exit of NATO aerial power, the ground battle may further intensify which will lead to increase in civilian and military casualties.

So, no doubt even presently, the main obsession of Afghan people is peace and stability. The war-weary people are worried about falling back to quagmire of civil war. Talking to civilians one gets the idea that everyone is obsessed with what will happen after foreign forces withdrawal.

If the government fails to strike a deal with Taliban militants, focus will be tilted from issues like human rights or women rights toward peace and security. How can we ask people to consider the rights women while all they think how to survive?

Without listening to what politicians say, the peace process is largely supported merely on account of fear that the government may be overruled if it continues engaging in exhaustive war. Otherwise, how it is possible that they support striking deal with those who are involved daily in murder of their friends and relatives?

So, to prevent a reversal and undoing of past achievements, the international community should remain committed to their promises. It does not actually mean that our allies always pay so that their peace and stability should not be threatened by insurgents. Rather it means, to a certain level, the international community should bear the burden if the situation gets out of control.