The Afghan peace process is at a standstill. Although the Afghan government delegation is still in Doha, it has not met with the Taliban, and peace talks have stalled. The main opposition of both sides is whether the peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban is the basis of the inter-Afghan peace talks or not. The Taliban see their agreement with the United States as the basis of inter-Afghan peace talks, but the Afghan government does not accept this. Both sides have made differing proposals, but the opposition has remained and the agenda for inter-Afghan talks has not yet been finalized. Efforts by other countries to solve this problem have not yielded any results and fundamental changes in this issue.
The Afghan peace process is coming to a standstill as tens or even hundreds of Afghans are being killed every day due to the severity of the war, and the withdrawal of U.S. troops is being discussed these days. As a result, Afghanistan will go to a civil war. President Trump is seen as serious about withdrawing U.S. troops, and a large portion of U.S. troops are due to leave Afghanistan.
With this situation, the Afghan government will be weakened and the fighting will intensify, the Taliban will try to occupy large areas and the situation will become very bad. Accordingly, there is a need for fundamental progress in the peace process as U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan. Peace talks are now deadlocked and obstacles to peace have been created that both sides have failed to overcome.
On the other hand, there is no external pressure on both sides, and there is no mediator in the peace process who can help solve this problem. Accordingly, an impartial mediator is needed. Until now, some prominent countries either support the Afghan government or the Taliban, so the mediation of these countries cannot solve the problem.
Even some countries in the region do not want the Afghan crisis to end. Accordingly, there is a need for the United Nations to intervene as a mediator in the Afghan peace process. UN mediation will be impartial and effective on the other. On the other hand, the United Nations should contribute to facilitating this process and even take over the technical and financial parts of the Afghan peace process.
In addition to a good mediation, the United Nations can put pressure on both sides and force them to change their current position, which has created obstacles to the peace process. If the United Nations does not intervene in the Afghan peace process and the peace process does not strengthen, not that this process will not succeed, but the interventions and games of the regional countries in Afghanistan will increase and we will go to another civil war.