[kumarvvr]

Read the article.

As per the opinion of the author, the Afghanistanis have no permanent affiliation. There is no ideological or ethical adherence to a particular side.

Sure, the top leaders might be so, but ground level fighters consider it a job. So, having a large number of fighters given amnesty and absorbed into the govt. would have, it is speculated, reduced a lot of expenses of running the country.

Apparently, there is also no retribution for ground level soldiers if they switch sides and switch back and what not.

Personally I suspect that ethnic and tribal lines are the ones not to be crossed.