AFGHANISTAN: IN THE PURSUIT OF ELUSIVE PEACE
Afghanistan could be a story of the struggle, pain, and grit of
Afghan people, an ordeal of Afghans to hunt ever eluding peace. This nation has become synonymous
with war and anarchy. other
than few brief periods of relative calm and stability, peace
has largely eluded this land of Afghans for hundreds of years now. All of the nations owe peace to Afghanistan, not because we
destabilized it because we as humans share this responsibility of providing
safety and security to our fellow innocent humans. The falling of Afghan cities
Kunduz, Herat lefts Kabul the
sole stronghold for the Afghan government. Taliban's pace of
advancement may leave more cities liable to chaos.
Humans never wished to be an element of conflicts and rivalries of other nations,
but Afghans were dragged into the chaos. The battleground for others resulted
in scars for Afghans. Wounds that are bleeding ever since foreign powers decided to flex
their might on Afghan soil. Afghans are paying the price for the wars that were forced upon them, but
the resolve of individuals has never been weak even after all these years of suffering.
Afghans have demonstrated sheer will and courage within the face of adversaries; this makes it
abundantly clear that the resolution of the Afghans is indomitable.
AFGHANISTAN PEACE DEAL
Once the Americans decided to go away, it had been clear the hardships were ahead, it absolutely was just a matter of few days when a surge in violence is going to be witnessed. Taliban made it clear that they weren't going to draw down on their violence, let alone stopping it. The Afghan
peace deal has everything but peace. The deal gave legitimacy to barbarism and
violence that's being inflicted on innocent lives. it's the Taliban who benefitted from the deal,
not the Afghan people or the democratic structure that was nurtured through of these years. observing the pace of Taliban control spreading to any or all major cities and provinces makes it amply
clear that all the
advances made in human values and Afghan society are going to be lost in no time.
Deal termed as peace deal has
shocked the Afghans and left them feeling betrayed because the legitimate government wasn't included within the talks. Deal’s terms and conditions were solely decided
by the US in its own interest and specified by other regional nations. Terms were decided by not
taking Afghan interest into consideration but as per the agenda of other
nations.
The terms were that the Taliban won't allow safe havens to other terrorist
organizations namely (Al-Qaida, ISIS), which successively will see the drop-down of the amount of the USA and NATO troops, coming right down to zero within 18 months. All the bases are dismantled and therefore the chances of lifting sanctions from the Taliban were also
expressed from the US end. Finally, the Taliban will hold talks with the Afghan
government, chances of which seem bleak considering this situation of ongoing onslaught within the entire nation.
AFGHANISTAN PEACE PROCESS
The terms and conditions that were set appear to be holding no water whatsoever. the method was doomed to fail right from the beginning since it didn't include the say of a national democratically elected
government, all over again we will witness another instance of a choice being pushed down the throats of Afghans.
Ceasing violence was the supposed cornerstone of the deal which failed miserably. Nestled between the Hindu Kush mountains is that the capital city ‘Kabul’, which is not any exception to violence or gunfights. Before even deciding the dates for starting talks, Taliban has began to throw tantrums, it's asked the Afghan government to release 5000 of its fighters. The Afghan government refused to relinquish in to the blackmailing and asked the Taliban to cease violence. Matters has resulted in falling of Afghan provinces to Taliban one after another. an enormous refugee crisis is in making, already many are often seen crossing Afghan borders into the neighboring states.
IS IT REALLY THE GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES?
Afghanistan features a history of never coming under the rule of one entity or command. it's always been ruled by the local warlords or
has been invaded by neighboring powers. The treacherous terrain of the Hindu Kush Mountains and high passes has made it next
to impossible for any nation or empire to carry on to the Afghan lands for long let alone commanding control over its entirety. the bulk of the land is mountainous and barren that
leaves small pockets of land suitable for settlement and cities to grow. this could be understood by staring at the afghan map where we will see the gap between all the most important cities is huge, which cements the actual fact that each one of these grew independently with less to no contact with other
cities in the slightest
degree.
Though it's been infamous for being the graveyard of empires, it absolutely was always the empires that came crashing on the doors of
Afghanistan, not the other way around. What Afghans did to resist of these invasions was an understandable reaction that might be expected from any group of indigenous people. starting from the British, who fought wars with Afghans, seized parts of it, and made
them a protectorate. Afghans kept fighting back which resulted in 3
Anglo-Afghan wars and eventually in 1919 Afghanistan was recognized as a nation by the British people.
Then came the Soviets with their communist
ideology which resulted in overthrowing of the rule of the Republic of
Afghanistan hence ending the
amount of relative calm. a replacement government with communist ideology ruled
over Afghanistan till 1992. It fell together with the Soviet Union as both the Afghan government and therefore the Soviets were bled heavily by the Taliban fighters.
After the Soviets, Afghanistan descended
into a civil war though it was the Taliban that ruled the nation with its
hard-line policies. This was never recognized by most of the nations but few
were the exception to it. But after the US landed in Afghanistan in search of
the perpetrators of 9/11, Afghanistan was thrown in turmoil back again as the
Taliban by then had been fighting for far too long and became efficient in
guerilla warfare. With US and NATO support, a democratic government was
established but sporadic violence was a common feature of everyday life in
Afghanistan. Now since the US is out of the nation, the democratic government
that it installed seems to be in shambles. The Afghan defense forces are
bleeding heavily and the advances by the Taliban are being made at an astonishing
pace. Innocent Afghans are again at the front of this violence, and the request
from Afghans seems to be falling on the deaf ears.
All the surrounding nations’ claims to be helping Afghans and
raise their voice to stop the violence but all their efforts are falling flat.
If each nation truly wishes Afghanistan to be peaceful then it amazes Afghans
and raises the question of who are the ones supplying arms and
ammunition to the Taliban fighters? How this war is sustainable
for the group that has no dealing with other nations and has a locked border,
Afghans don’t make their arms and hence it has to be imported from somewhere.
It is for the world and the nations who claim to be the champions
of human rights globally, to look upon the situation of innocent lives in
Afghanistan. All the great powers around the world have this moral
responsibility on their shoulders to not only protect their citizens but their
fellow humans also irrespective of their nationality. We as a species have the
distinction of having cultured societies with moral values and basic rights,
and yet we turn a blind eye when it comes to the suffering of other humans just
because that directly doesn’t affect us or doesn’t serve our national interest.
By the time this article is published already, 8 Afghan provincial capitals
have fallen in just 6 days. It is a humanitarian crisis that requires urgent
attention and serious reactionary actions from the world community.
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