Every year, the graph of civilian casualties in Afghanistan reaches a new height. Taliban and their friend groups are responsible for continuing bloodshed in the country. Meanwhile, the Afghan government admits its failure in fulfilling its most crucial responsibility which is providing security to the life of common Afghans. With escalation of insecurity across Afghanistan, general threat to life of the people has also become manifold. More number of civilians fall prey to terror attacks while the insurgents never lose the chance of especially targeting individuals working for the government, national and international NGOs, foreign civil and military missions and the media.

As the withdrawal date of US-led NATO forces from Afghanistan nears, fears among common Afghans especially among those with aforementioned engagements have increased like never in the last 12 years. Over the past 12 years, the insurgents have not spared the life of people linked to Afghan government and international troops/organizations, whenever they have found an opportunity. Many such people have been caught and the brutally slaughtered by Taliban. Afghan translators, interpreters and other people working of US and other country’s military forces face growing threats to their life and there is no specific arrangement from the government’s side to protect them. This has made it easy for militants to target them. 

In insecure provinces of Afghanistan, Afghans who have been working for foreign military and civilian projects are threatened. Taliban and other terror groups threat them by throwing letters in their homes and calling on their cell phones. This has made life difficult for such Afghans.  

The condition is so despite presence of tens of thousands of foreign troops here. There are grave concerns among Afghans that with the withdrawal of US-led forces next year, the security condition might further deteriorate and life of the people would be at the mercy terror groups. If an appropriate solution to the Afghan conflict is not reached within the next one or two years, the insurgents would massacre the innocent people and their first target would be the people who work for the government, US-led NATO troops, NGOs and other foreign organizations.