The main elite of Afghanistan are the Afghan warlords and these Afghan Taliban have emerged from these warlord families. These are the same old warriors who pushed out the British Empire and thereafter USSR, and now the mighty Americans as well. Most of them are migrants from central Asia.
The forces including USA brought
Karzai and Ashraf Ghani to fulfill their agenda and now the American forces have
disappeared leaving behind their ‘imported’ government leaders at the mercy of
the Taliban. Now is the time that USA should have done something more for their
created Afghan salves for their own agenda.
The Taliban took control of
Afghanistan after emerging victorious in the civil war of the 1990s after
successfully eliminating the Soviets from Afghanistan with the help of their
friends. The group took power in Kabul in 1996 and ruled the country until
September 2001, as the US-led foreign military invasion took place in
Afghanistan to hunt for leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network for their
alleged role in the 9/11 attacks.
After being ousted from power, the
Taliban have been waging war against the U.S to regain power. They have now
taken control of more than half of Afghanistan and waiting to march to Kabul.
The Afghan peace talks didn’t seem to come about a conclusion until recently
when the US military finally departed from its key base in Afghanistan already
before the deadline that was due on September 11 2021. The talks had been going
on for two decades since 2001, no one was ready to agree to a settlement.
Sometimes, the process stalled for
political reasons, such as the United States restraint to talk with the Taliban
or sometimes due to break down of discussion out of miscommunications or a lack
of political consensus or strategies a move to prolong the stay in Afghanistan.
Until 2010, the process remained slow and halting, it was Pakistan which
convinced the Taliban to join the peace processes conferences.
The credit obviously goes to General
Qamar Javed Bajwa and great spy Master Lt Gen Faiz Hamid. Pakistan always played positive role for
peace. In August 2019, The U.S. and Taliban signed an agreement in principle on
counter-terrorism and military withdrawal an eventual ceasefire. Pakistan’s
role as a facilitator has been significant in the Afghan Peace Process since it
always remained present at the negotiating table.
Finally, in February 2020, Donald
Trump and the Taliban signed an agreement in Doha in which all foreign forces
were supposed to quit Afghanistan by May 2021 but as the government changed in
America in January 2021, the new President Joe Biden extended the deadline to
September 2021 for evacuation.
Now, following another change in plan,
Joe Biden administration has all of a sudden started its evacuation flights
already since last week without revealing about the destinations. They are also
looking for another territory to host the thousands of special Afghan
immigrants who worked for USA while leaving the rest of the population and
Afghan Govt at the mercy of Taliban. All of it is now concluding without a
political settlement which is dangerous and threatening for the entire region.
Taliban have not offered anything in return so far to Americans except
insisting on their demand to expedite the early exit of US army and even they
have refused to talk to Afghan government.
As the process of withdrawal is
already underway, Kabul is destined to fall in the hands of Taliban that too
with the consent of USA and the Afghan govt will have to face a full-blown
civil war. As far as Pakistan is concerned, a power-sharing arrangement would
benefit out interests in Afghanistan. Pakistan cannot afford to have a
government that is friendlier with India as in that case the soil of
Afghanistan will continue to be used against Pakistan.
Pakistan, since day one, has been
doing its best to bring peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan sheltered millions of
Afghan refugees, made tireless efforts for peace process for a political
settlement, and stability in Afghanistan. The invasion of Afghanistan was part
of the world powers agenda which is unfolding with the passage of time.
President Ashraf Ghani continues to be in the trap of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and his anti-Pakistan agency RAW and extremist organisation RSS.
The world must not forget that India
is fully supporting training and operations of Daesh and other terrorist
organisations. It has fully geared up and increasing its 5th generation warfare
against Pakistan for which some anti-Pakistan paid elements in Afghanistan
shall be used. The signature of Indian involvement in terrorist activities have
already been found in recent attacks in KPK, Baluchistan, and the recent Lahore
blast. Pakistan has always hoped that Afghan government will eliminate
Indian-sponsored nurseries harboring terrorists.
President Ashraf Ghani is naively
thinking that India will save him and his disheartened troops from Taliban.
Kabul is now about to fall into the hands of Taliban and the prominent Haqqani
network is transiting from the thorny warpath to the throne of Afghanistan.
President Ashraf Ghani should have not blamed Pakistan and also should not have
resisted the proposed peace conference. The peace conference proposed by
Pakistan would have brought some positive outcomes for all Afghan factions
including the Taliban to come to one page for an interim setup.
Present occupants of Kabul should open
their eyes and recognise the hard fact that Taliban have emerged as the only
power in Afghanistan now. It looks the Taliban will take over Kabul soon with
or without violence. I hope and pray that all stakeholders will try to stop the
civil war in the greater interest of Afghan people.
The article was published in The Nation on July 18, 2021, Link to the original article- https://nation.com.pk/18-Jul-2021/trapped-under-india-s-dirty-tricks
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