The Afghan Taliban established their government in Kabul in 1996
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What is the problem with the Afghan Taliban? People always disagree with the governments but do not fight against the state. If the Taliban are against the government then they may consider it their right to fight with them but the question is which groups are fighting with the state? Why are bridges being destroyed? Why are roads being blown up? Why are water ponds being damaged? How is the electricity system destroyed? These assets are the property of Afghanistan, they have been built with great difficulty, when will they be built, no one has the answer. Extremist groups have been used in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. What was done in Afghanistan and in such a barbaric manner that it was clear that it was not in love with Islam but its main purpose was to destroy the basic national and cultural identity of Afghanistan.
The Afghan Taliban established their government in Kabul in 1996, first renaming Radio Kabul as Shariat Ghag (Voice of Shariat), although the radio stations in Islamabad, Tehran, Jeddah and Riyadh were renamed. They are not the voice of Shariat or Shariat Ghag even though they are Islamic states. They banned the national flags and anthems of Afghanistan. For centuries they have banned the celebration of Nowruz in Afghanistan on the basis of jirgas. Banned and declared jirgas un-Islamic, Dr. Najib was assassinated even though he had left the government for peace and taken refuge in the UN office. He destroyed the 2000-year-old statue of Gautam Buddha in Bamiyan.
Mahmud Ghaznavi (Turkish ruler of the Ghazni Empire) destroyed the temple of Somnath in India but did not touch the historic Buddha statues of Afghanistan (formerly the Ghazni Empire) so that everything, institutions and signs were attacked during the Taliban regime Relating to the region’s thousands of years of history and culture, it was not a political battle but seemed to be aimed at destroying Afghanistan’s culture. The same process is still going on and there is no shame in it. The general impression is that the militants will work patiently under a plan until the American troops leave.
The Taliban have said in Doha that if Plan A fails, then we have Plan B. It is also being heard that militants are gathering in Afghanistan and Pakistan near the Durand Line. Is it part of Plan B? There have also been old-fashioned targeted killings in the former FATA tribal areas, with many influential tribal figures and political activists killed. The stalled talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have now been announced in Doha on January 5. The talks, which were scheduled to begin in March, finally began on September 12 with great difficulty and then stalled. On the one hand, the agreement reached between the Afghan government’s negotiating team and the Afghan Taliban in November on the terms and conditions for the forthcoming talks was expected to lead to further progress in the peace and reconciliation process. The situation will be peaceful, but on the other hand, the violence in Afghanistan has increased.
The incidents include attacks on Afghan National Army checkpoints and car bombings and suicide attacks in urban areas, killing a large number of innocent civilians as well as members of the Afghan security forces. President Ashraf Ghani’s government blames the Afghan Taliban for the attacks, while the Taliban denies the allegations and accuses the United States of intensifying the war because US planes have been assisting Afghan forces in areas other than Kandahar. ISIS has also claimed responsibility for some of the incidents in which Taliban hideouts were bombed.
According to some reports, the rising tide of violence has forced the parties to suspend talks for the next 20 days. It seems that some groups prefer to find a solution to the Afghan problem on the battlefield rather than on the negotiating table. Not only is the Afghan government concerned about this situation, but the United States, Pakistan and other neighboring countries that want peace in Afghanistan are also concerned about the escalating violence between the United States and the Afghan Taliban. The agreement reached is also in jeopardy. As a result, diplomatic efforts to accelerate this process of Afghan peace and reconciliation have gained momentum. A Doha-based Afghan Taliban delegation led by Abdul Ghani Baradar has visited Pakistan. According to credible reports, the negotiating team engaged in inter-Afghan talks is also concerned about the escalation of violence and war in Afghanistan as they face strong criticism not only from the United States and Afghanistan but also from other Afghan civil society groups participating in the dialogue. Is falling a delegation of Afghan Taliban based in Doha visited at the invitation of Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry and importantly, the Afghan government, unlike in the past, supported the Taliban’s visit to Pakistan this time and the Afghan Taliban visited Pakistan at the behest of President Ashraf Ghani. The day before the Afghan Taliban delegation led by Mullah Baradar arrived in Pakistan, US Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmai Khalilzad had visited Pakistan with the Commander-in-Chief of US forces in Afghanistan, General Austin Miller. His remarks show that the United States is concerned about the escalation of the war in Afghanistan and the lack of progress in the intra-Afghan dialogue.
The US concern can be gauged by reports that General Miller visited Doha a day earlier and met with Afghan leaders there before arriving in Pakistan, then visited Kabul and met with other officials, including the Afghan president. In this situation, Pakistan has once again become the center of diplomatic talks on the Afghan issue, as everyone knows the fact that to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table. Pakistan has played an important role. It is also clear that the Afghan Taliban does not recognize the current Afghan government setup and believe that they do not have the support of the people. In their view, the only obstacle to peace in Afghanistan is the United States. The resident army and air force support government forces in the war. In fact, the Afghan Taliban’s position is that the United States should withdraw from Afghanistan, but the United States does not agree.
On the other hand, the Afghan government is still manipulating the situation, so there is a need to make it clear to the militant groups that peace in Afghanistan is not a war, but a meaningful dialogue. There is only one way for them to join the mainstream and become part of the democratic system and gain power with the support of the people. Even if the talks succeed, the Taliban have a duty to eliminate the threat of ISIS, because in the presence of ISIS, the Afghan peace talks will be fruitless.
