Sustainable peace cannot be achieved unless all parties learn from past mistakes and stop underestimating their enemies.

Sustainable peace cannot be achieved unless all parties learn from past mistakes and stop underestimating their enemies.

Hazara killings have galvanised Afghans into standing up against extremism and government negligence.
![Afghan women carry the coffin of a 9 year-old girl as thousands march in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/f6cc13c44a4e43c19e9ab03773c546e0_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
It does not matter whether the insurgency is waving the black flags of ISIL or the white flags of the Taliban.
![Afghan women chant slogans during a protest demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by a mob [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/4f8e80b27859425a867c2f641602bdbd_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)