US plan for future Afghanistan

AFTER coming short of achieving any visible success in Afghanistan, the US seems to be aspiring for a friendly Northern Alliance on the Afghanistan of the post-American withdrawal.
The US has now read the writing on the wall that it is going to be a no-win situation in all probability when it makes an assessment of its success in relation to its investment in the war.
After a decade-long engagement in Afghanistan, the US now understands the muscles of both the Northern Alliance and the Pakhtuns, now nicknamed as the Taliban.
It is more than 100 per cent sure that the Taliban will dominate the country once the allied forces leave Afghanistan.
It is also a fact that the US cannot sustain this war anymore when measured in terms of finances, the losses in men and the
public resentment against this misadventure at home.
The unjustified pressure that the US wants to exert on Pakistan to fight against the Haqqani network should be seen in this backdrop.
Having failed against the Taliban, the US now wants to pressure Pakistan to start operations in Waziristan against the Haqqanis, a nightmare for the US.
This will provoke the Taliban in Afghanistan led by Mulla Umar since Haqqanis are part of them and not an independent entity.
America wants to kill two birds with one stone by forcing Pakistan to launch an offensive against the network, thus undermining the strength of both Pakistan and the opponents to the non-Pakhtun Northern Alliance who
the US wants to dominate after they vacate the country.
How the Pakistani leadership is going to handle this situation is an acid test. The outcome of the proposed APC on the 29th will determine the strategic and political maturity of our political leadership.
The strategy to be adopted during these deliberations must be in line with our national interests.