KABUL - Political commentators have said that the National Unity Government (NUG) must deliver on promises it pledged to the international community including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and take solid steps to promote good governance, develop rule of law, fight corruption and protect human rights.
This comes a day after the alliance wrapped up its foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, reaffirming the organization's financial and military aid to Afghanistan beyond 2016.
Analysts warned that NATO commitments could be threatened if government does not expedite the process of delivering on promises and meet the needs of the Afghan public.
On Friday, the organization wrapped up its two-day conference in Brussels where it renewed the alliance's military, political and financial cooperation to Afghanistan beyond 2016 and once again pledged the delivery of $4.1 billion USD in aid to the Afghan forces.
It is said that to continue the war against terrorists in Afghanistan, lasting support of the international community is needed.
"Still there are some enemies who are not defeated or who have not changed their ideas, they think that the foreigners not only have decreased their forces, but they will withdraw from Afghanistan and the balance of power will change in their favor," former U.S ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmai Khalilzad said.
Meanwhile, at the two-day conference, the Afghan delegation committed to accelerate efforts to fight corruption, improve rule of law and provide better facilities to the people of Afghanistan.
"The commitments made by the NATO foreign ministers was a step forward for Afghanistan, however there is a need for the Afghan government to address the commitments it has made and implement them in letter in sprite," political analyst Barna Salehi said.
The Afghan officials in the past have constantly asked the international community to keep the flow of global cooperation for the country so that it can tackle challenges on the ground effectively.
"The Afghan government can preserve the cooperation and support of donor countries and that it implements the commitments it has made, because continued aid is a serious need," MP Ghulam Farooq Majroh said.
"We have committed to the international community particularly NATO to fighting corruption, improve good governance and consider electoral reforms. We are trying to attract the cooperation from international community by delivering on these promises," deputy presidential spokesman Dawa Khan Menapal said.
This comes at a time that the alliance is now preparing for the NATO heads of state summit in Warsaw in July in which they will discuss the military presence of NATO in Afghanistan beyond 2016 and NATO's continued financial cooperation to Afghanistan till 2020.
"Today we will review our preparations for Warsaw Summit meeting on Afghanistan and how we continue to support Afghanistan politically, militarily and financially. We will discuss our sustained Resolute Support mission beyond 2016. We will discuss our continued financial support for Afghan security forces," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.
But, before the Warsaw Summit, the Afghan government has taken measures towards implementing its promises to the world community before attending the key summit in July. (Tolonews)