The Arbaki can secure Afghanistan better than US
When US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, is a 19th century tribal solution the only option?
![Afghan members of the Loya Jirga speak before the meeting outside its premises in Kabul [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014113105914273580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
![Afghan boys look at the view of Kabul city, Afghanistan [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1d23cdedda8a4f45ad66a6490d190b1b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The opening of trade routes would encourage Central Asian nations to cooperate as economic stakeholders and not rivals.
When US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, is a 19th century tribal solution the only option?
The release of five Taliban leaders from Guantanamo raises pertinent questions about the US resolve to ‘fight terror’.
![US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl was released in exchange for five Taliban fighters held in Guantanamo [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201469102245337580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Coalition forces’ fundamental error was their failure to engage the tribes and reinstate military conscription.
![The future of a peaceful Afghanistan is in the hands of the tribes of Afghanistan, argues Ali Seraj [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201412610436539621_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)