"Negotiating Effectively" a discussion of M.Azim Ulfati

• Create a strategy for negotiating with a counterpart from the country of your choosing. Provide specific examples to support your response

I would like to choose business strategies of Afghanistan with the biggest counterpart of Afghanistan, which is the United States of America.
When I look at the history of negotiations with the administrations, I find that the Barack Obama administration's policy on Afghanistan negotiations differs from that of its predecessor in that it is open to greater discussion of prospects and issues, and it senses that an effort at the proper time might have an effective and positive impact.
There are few points that are considered in negotiations between these two countries.
And they are the answers to these questions about negotiations in Afghanistan.
Should negotiations be undertaken, and if so, when? What should be the scope of the problems to be resolved? How should the process be started, maintained, and concluded? Also examined were the questions of who should lead and participate, and how these delicate relationships among parties should be addressed. In these negotiations are part of an overall U.S. strategy of stabilization for Afghanistan. Furthermore, U.S. leadership in the negotiation process is essential, with Pakistan and other regional neighbors as key participants.
It is not easy to anticipate whether these negotiations between Afghanistan and the United States of America will succeed and will deliver an outcome or not. If the situations remains uncertain, I guess there are ways forward. Negotiations provide a great opportunity to success and it needs to be part of an overall strategy that would lead Afghanistan to a safe, stable and secure Afghanistan. I tend to be a western thinker and with holding that, I will try my best and will be very mindful to indicate in action to the Afghanistan people that we are very respectful and know about the language, culture, traditions and religion of people in Afghanistan and the region so that we can help and achieve an outcome from our negotiations and performances.
The Afghanistan people are very sensitive to their religions, traditions, culture and the way of their behaviors.
We are not still 100 % sure if negotiations can succeed us but we try our best. I guess if we observe and have enough knowledge and know well about culture, traditions, religion of Afghanistan people and its neighbors like Pakistan and practice them to the right way and do not make lots of mistakes then for sure there is going to be success and peace in that country. We have the capacity to make a serious effort in this direction. There is a lot of chances for negotiations to happen and work.
As a western thinker, I guess all wars may end with political consequences. It will be for our interest (USA) to put an effort to shape those political outcomes including reducing forces and exit strategy. To do all this, we need a strong negotiations with Afghans and as well as Pakistan government who interferes in Afghanistan.