Afghanistan: Delay in Signing BSA Leads Country to Instability

The Minister of Defense pities the fact that the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) has not been signed with Washington expressing that the delay in signing the agreement has led the country to instability with insecurity on the rise.

Minister of Defense Bismillah Mohammadi who is now on the frontlines of the Kunduz operation says that the Taliban have conducted its bloodiest operations in the country since the past three months.

Mohammadi continued to emphasis that it is unfortunate that the BSA has not been signed yet adding that the state of the country is worsening because of the delay in signing the agreement.

"Sadly, the BSA has not been signed and the elections lasted longer than expected resulting in political and economic chaos," he deplored. "Pakistan's ISI took advantage of the condition and began targeting different parts of the country."

Currently, the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are conducting 21 operations throughout the country against illegal armed groups and are fighting to restore security and peace in the affected areas.

Analysts believe that Afghanistan's government has missed several opportunities leading the country to further uncertainty and fissures in the nation.

"The current condition of Afghanistan is because of the government's negligence for not signing the agreement," Head of the Defense Commission at the House of Representatives, Humayun Humayun said. "This agreement guarantees the security of Afghanistan."

In the past two years talks of the BSA has witnessed a roller coaster of an experience even surpassing a Loya Jirga. Though the BSA was criticized, many believe that signing the agreement will protect Afghanistan against foreign infringement and would be useful taming illegal armed groups and securing the nation.