Why the Afghan peace process is dead even before getting underway

While the world is battling the coronavirus crisis, Afghanistan continues to grapple from endless warfare.

The scale of violence has escalated in the country even during thepandemic.A series of attacks in the past few days reflects the level of bloodshed across the country.

The innocent women and children of the country were targetted during thedemonic attacks.In a terror attack at a hospital in Kabul on May 12, armed men rampaged through a maternity ward, shooting dead mothers, pregnant women and even babies. At least 24 people died inthegruesome attack.

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The United States on Thursday blamed Taliban terrorists for the attack andit renewed calls for Afghans to embrace a troubled peace push with the Taliban insurgency.

There was another attack at a funeral for a martyred police commander in Nangarhar where a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded 50.Taliban terrorists were behind these attacks.

On May 14,a truck packed with explosives blew up near a court in the city of Gardez. Fivepeople were killed while15 civilians were wounded in theattack. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

It is ironic that the Talibandemands peace and wants the Afghan government to conduct an impartial investigation tofind out who are the real culprits of such gruesome attackswhen they themselves are responsible for it.

Itsignifies that the very idea of a peace process is dead even before it got underway. This violence is only a terrible preview of the future.

Holding a peace dialogue with such terrorists will not shape Afghanistan's future.Afghan PresidentAshraf Ghani believes that these terrorists can only be dealt with on the battlefield.

He wants his troops to switch from a defence mode to active offensive and punishthose responsible for the deaths of innocent babies.