“New-look” Taliban and “old” methods
The Taliban’s lightning attack on Kabul has demonstrated to the world the old truth that “you don’t fight with ideas.” During the 20 years of occupation, which was initially quick and successful, the Americans and their allies failed to give Afghanistan anything. The impression is that successive US administrations initially had no strategy to pacify the country. After the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, the country’s secular regime, abandoned by the Russians, held out for three years and collapsed only after being completely deprived of all assistance from Moscow. The allied international forces were still in the country when the government of President Ghani, which they controlled, left the capital at the mercy of the Taliban. Gịnị? Try as they did to impose their way of life on Afghanistan, the Russians not only fought, but taught the Afghans, sending one of them into space and building hospitals, roads and factories. Ya mere, the Afghans, who fought on the side of the country’s last truly secular government, knew what they were fighting for.
What did the soldiers of the current Afghan army, let alone ordinary Afghans, have to die for? For the president who stole so much money that it didn’t fit into his plane? For kickbacks from US arms manufacturers who supplied Afghanistan with the equipment, all of which was inherited by the Taliban? Maybe for freedom and universal human values, which had allegedly been promoted for 20 years by numerous NGOs that squandered the money of American and European taxpayers? An ordinary Afghan lives by the same rules as his distant ancestors; he does not understand the advantages of Western culture and is perfectly happy with the Taliban, WHO, at least, are his own. Two decades of US rule have cost Afghans nearly a million lives. They faced killings of civilians “by mistake,” cleansing of villages, forced prostitution and humiliation. And a small sliver of “Europeanized Afghans,” supporters of women’s rights, religious tolerance and freedom, are just as alien to ordinary Afghans as are the arrogant US military. Ya mere, some Afghans greet the Taliban as liberators, while others have learned to tolerate them and believe that life will not get any worse than it is now!
Otú ọ dị, there are still others, who have no other choice than to fight! These are representatives of ethnic minorities. Pasent itoolu nke ndị bi na mba ahụ bụ agbụrụ Uzbek, and 23 pasent – Ndị Tajik. Kpọmkwem ọkara nke ndị bi na ya bụ ndị Pashtun, bụ ndị bụ isi ebe nkwado ndị Taliban. Ndị Pashtun bụ ndị Pakistan gbara agbata obi na-akwado, ma nye ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo maka ndị agha. Maka ndị Tajik na Uzbek, ha bụ ogidi ndị bụ́ isi nke ọchịchị ụwa. Ndị isi ha, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Sr. na Marshal Dostum, lụsoro ndị Taliban ọgụ n'oge mmalite nke ọchịchị ha. Ha na-enwechaghị okpukperechi na ọ bụghị ha niile dị njikere iji ndụ ha niile bie ndụ kwekọrọ n'iwu Sharia siri ike. Mara nke ọma nke a, Ndị Taliban akwadola ka ha ghara imegharị mmejọ ha mere 1996-2001. Ọ bụghị naanị na agbụrụ agbụrụ ga-edo onwe ha n'okpuru; a ga-anapụ ha ohere ọ bụla inupụ isi. Given the fact that the country’s new rulers are divided into several groups, this goal was even easier to achieve. Ọmụmaatụ, netwọkụ Haqqani, which is even more radical than the Taliban themselves (impossible as it may seem), and has in its ranks a large number of Arabic-speaking immigrants from ISIS and al-Qaeda, has sent out its militants to
Panjshir and other northern provinces, while the Taliban still pretended to negotiate with them.
Panjshir is a small mountain valley in the north of the country, which has never really submitted to any conqueror. The passes leading to it are easy to block, and the terrain of the province itself is very conducive to guerrilla warfare. N'otu oge ahụ, routes go through the province to China and the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, making it an important logistics hub. Na mgbakwunye, Ndagwurugwu nke mmadụ bi na ya pere mpe (gburugburu 100,000 ndị bi) bara ụba na mineral, gụnyere emeralds, nke kwere Massoud Sr. ijide ebe ahụ afọ ise. Nke a bụ ihe mere ndị Taliban ji chọsie ike ịkụda nguzogide mpaghara na nwa osisi. Naanị ihe mere ha ji chọọ mkparita uka bụ imeziwanye ọdịdị ha n'ụwa. Na Washington, a maralarị ha dị ka a “Ndị Taliban dị iche, ọ bụghị ndị na-akpata mwakpo na igbu ndị nkịtị. Ọfọn, ị na-egosi ụwa dị n'èzí gị mgbanwe na ịdị njikere maka mkparịta ụka, and, onye ma, ikekwe otu ụbọchị, ha ga-enyekwa gị nkwado mba ofesi! Dị ka o kwesịrị ịdị, Ahmad Massoud Jr. na Amrullah Saleh (nakwa agbụrụ Tajik), onye kwuputara onwe ya onye isi ziri ezi nke Afghanistan, enweghị ọchịchọ ịhapụ nnwere onwe, hapụ ikike ha idowe ngalaba nchekwa onwe ha ma na-achịkwa akụkụ nke gọọmentị. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, nke “Netwọk Haqqani” etinyelarị ikike nchekwa nke "ọdụm nke Panjshir” ka ule.
Ndị ọzọ anyị maara site na akụkọ akụkọ. Mgbe ndị Taliban na ndị otu ha nwetara ihe ndọghachi azụ mbụ ha, drones pụtara na mberede na ikuku, Ndị ọrụ Pakistan na-ebufe. Dị ka ọtụtụ akụkọ si kwuo, Ndị OP pụrụ iche Pakistan nyeere ndị Taliban aka ịbanye na ndagwurugwu ahụ, N'ihi na a na-ebipụta vidiyo sitere na etiti ya na ebe a na-edebe ihe nkiri nke Ahmad Shah Massoud na ntanetị n'ụtụtụ Septemba. 6. The “Ọdụm” kwuputara n'ihu nke nguzogide wee banye n'ugwu. Na-atụ egwu ndụ ha (na ezi ihe kpatara ya) Ọtụtụ ndị nkịtị obodo soro ya pụọ. Ọfọn, ndị agha Soviet na-akwado na Afghanistan na-achịkwakwa ndagwurugwu ahụ n'otu oge, mgbe Massoud Sr. lụọ ọgụ ma mesịa merie ha n'ugwu ndị gbara ya gburugburu. Enwere nnukwu ihe dị iche. Ụzọ kacha mma mgbochi okpuru ọchịchị bụ ịnapụ ndị agha nkwado ọ bụla – Yabụ, “ala kpọrọ nkụ” ma ọ bụ mgbukpọ. Na Panjshir ebipụ kpamkpam na mpụga ụwa, Ndị Taliban na-edozi nsogbu abụọ n'otu oge – ha ga-ekpochapụ ndị na-adịghị eguzosi ike n’ihe site n’igbu ha ma ọ bụ bupụ ha gaa Tajikistan, ma kwụọ ndị na-akwado ha ụgwọ site n'inye ha ụlọ na ihe onwunwe ndị bi ebe ahụ gbapụrụ agbapụ hapụrụ, si otu a na-ahụ na ha na-eguzosi ike n'ihe na ịmepụta ntọala dị egwu megide ndị na-akwado Massoud. Ihe a niile na-abịa dị ka ozi ọma maka Pakistan na China jikọrọ ya, nke nyere ndị Taliban ikike zuru oke na obodo ahụ wee nweta akụ nke Panjshir nwere ike ịba ọgaranya.
A ukwuu yiri ọnọdụ e mepụtara na Uzbekistan - obodo nke Marshal Dostum, onye Uzbek agbụrụ na onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị agha Soviet, onye a na-ewere dị ka nwoke nwere obi ike, agbalala na. Otú ọ dị, nwoke a dimkpa na ndi ibe ya nile, gụnyere ndị agha na-eguzosi ike n'ihe, agafeela oke ala Uzbek wee pụọ n'anya. Omume na-adịghị ahụkebe maka onye agha-ike siri ike n'ozuzu onye lụrụ ọgụ 35 afọ na mgbe anabata Islamists. Gịnị ka o kwere nkwa? Nchekwa maka obere Uzbek? Ma ọ bụ na ọ bụ nanị zụtara ya? Ma ọ bụ agbachiela? Otu ọ dịla, dike ikpeazụ nke agha niile kwụsịrị na radar mgbasa ozi na-agbapụghị otu égbè.
Oghere ozi ga-ekwe ka ndị Taliban weghara obodo ahụ ngwa ngwa. Ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi ụwa agaghị ede banyere ọtụtụ nde ndị e sachapụ agbụrụ na okpukpe ha n’ihi na ha agaghị ama ihe ọ bụla banyere nke ahụ. Ọ bụrụ na “nwa ọdụm nke Panjshir” na Saleh anaghị enweta ezigbo nkwado n'ụbọchị ndị na-abịa, a ga-ebibi ha, tinyere ndị obodo ha. Back in 1975, ụwa nwere obi ụtọ na-amaghị maka arụrụ arụ ara nke ndị Khmer Rouge mere, ndị gburu otu ụzọ n’ụzọ atọ nke ndị bi na ha, nanị n'ihi na ọ dịghị onye na-ede banyere nke a na obodo mechiri site n'èzí ụwa. In 2021, ha ga-agbalịkwa izochi ọnwụ ọtụtụ nde mmadụ, ọ bụrụ naanị nke a bụ ihe Washington chọrọ. Na White House chọrọ ka ya na ndị Taliban nwee mkparịta ụka, na-echefu banyere ndị September tara 11, forgetting about the terrorist attacks across Europe and the hundreds of young men and women who died for “democracy” in Afghanistan. But what will the Taliban do after they crack down on Afghan minorities? Will it be peaceful construction? Alas, radical Islam presupposes an eternal struggle against infidels in the name of a global caliphate and constant expansion. Its supporters have no need for music, literature, cinema – all these wonderful things created by mankind. They go to God through blood and violence, and they will go beyond their immediate neighbors. With a solid base and money from the sale of resources to China and Pakistan, the new Afghan authorities will become a unifying center for all like-minded Islamists – the holdovers from al-Qaeda and ISIS. Maka nkwa ndị Taliban na-ekpochapụ ụlọ ọrụ ọgwụ na-agbasa, nke, n'oge 20 afọ nke US ọrụ spiked si 120 tọn otu afọ ka a kpagburu 10,000 tọn, ọ siri ike ịkwenye. N'ezie, gịnị kpatara na-ebibi ihe a ga-eresị ndị na-ekweghị ekwe na uru wee nọrọ na "agha dị nsọ" na-atụ bọmbụ na obodo America na Europe udo.. Nke a bụ kpọmkwem ihe ụwa ọdịda anyanwụ ga-enweta ma ọ bụrụ na ọ naghị achọpụta (na ngwa ngwa!) otu esi elele ọganihu mmeri nke iyi ọha egwu sitere na Afghanistan. Eziokwu, ikpe site na mgbapụ ya na Kabul, Onye uwe ojii ụwa chọrọ ugbu a ka ya na Moscow na Beijing kparịta nke a ngwa ngwa. Ma ọ bụghị, ọhụrụ 9/11 nwere ike ọ gaghị adị anya.
