By: Kayhan Int’l
The so-called US-sponsored peace process in Afghanistan has led to another deadly bomb attack in Nehr-e Sirat of Helmand Province on Sunday night and was claimed by the Taliban signatory to the American deal worked out earlier this year in Doha, the capital of the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar, without the participation of the Afghan government.
This was the second major attack by Taliban since the beginning of May. According to the Afghan National Security Council, the Taliban militants have carried out an average of 55 attacks a day since March 1 – a spike that has doubled casualties among Afghan security forces in some parts of the country.
This was the second major attack by Taliban since the beginning of May. According to the Afghan National Security Council, the Taliban militants have carried out an average of 55 attacks a day since March 1 – a spike that has doubled casualties among Afghan security forces in some parts of the country.
As a matter of fact, Taliban militants have become bolder since reaching the deal with the US on 29th of February this year. The United States agreed to an initial reduction of its occupation forces from 13,000 to 8,600 by July 2020, followed by a full withdrawal within 14 months if the Taliban keep their commitments.
The Americans have also promised the Taliban to end their so-called sanctions by August 27, 2020 and close five military bases in a period of 135 days.
Amazingly, Afghanistan which has a legal and internationally recognized government was kept out of the Doha Deal by the American occupiers. The excuse for omitting the Afghans from the deal was because the results of the 2019 Afghan presidential election were disputed.
Incumbent Ashraf Ghani was re-elected when the final results of the 2019 Presidential elections were announced after a long delay on 18 February 2020. He was sworn in as president on 9 March 2020, although his rival Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of the Unity Government has rejected the results and moved to set up a parallel government.
Who knows, maybe there are some hidden hands inside the Afghan government, deliberately trying to ruin the country by providing the foreign occupation forces the pretext to stay longer in Afghanistan.
This becomes clear by the recent hint of the US ambassador in Kabul that real peace might bring the Taliban back into power, similar to the aftermath of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, during which the US-supported South Vietnamese government was defeated in the Fall of Saigon.
Under international laws and norms, the United States of America, as the occupation power, cannot just simply ignore the Afghan central government, and needs the approval of the authorities in Kabul for any legal or legitimate deal.
It is also interesting to note that the Taliban were formed in the early 1990s in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan by money from Saudi Arabia and the covert backing of the CIA and the US federal government.
In view of these facts, the elected government in Afghanistan is rather reluctant in fully endorsing the US-Taliban Doha Deal, since there are many vexing issues that need to be resolved within the framework of intra-Afghan talks, including how power is to be shared with the Taliban, what will happen to Afghanistan’s democratic institutions and constitution?
Questions also remain over whether Taliban fighters will be disarmed and reintegrated into society, and who will lead the country’s army.
Several experts are of the opinion that the US-Taliban Accord is part of a plot to let the Taliban seize the country, and in such a case Afghanistan will be plunged into a new and bloody round of conflict amongst the various political, ethnic, and religious groups in a country which since 1978 has not seen any respite.
The Americans have also promised the Taliban to end their so-called sanctions by August 27, 2020 and close five military bases in a period of 135 days.
Amazingly, Afghanistan which has a legal and internationally recognized government was kept out of the Doha Deal by the American occupiers. The excuse for omitting the Afghans from the deal was because the results of the 2019 Afghan presidential election were disputed.
Incumbent Ashraf Ghani was re-elected when the final results of the 2019 Presidential elections were announced after a long delay on 18 February 2020. He was sworn in as president on 9 March 2020, although his rival Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of the Unity Government has rejected the results and moved to set up a parallel government.
Who knows, maybe there are some hidden hands inside the Afghan government, deliberately trying to ruin the country by providing the foreign occupation forces the pretext to stay longer in Afghanistan.
This becomes clear by the recent hint of the US ambassador in Kabul that real peace might bring the Taliban back into power, similar to the aftermath of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, during which the US-supported South Vietnamese government was defeated in the Fall of Saigon.
Under international laws and norms, the United States of America, as the occupation power, cannot just simply ignore the Afghan central government, and needs the approval of the authorities in Kabul for any legal or legitimate deal.
It is also interesting to note that the Taliban were formed in the early 1990s in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan by money from Saudi Arabia and the covert backing of the CIA and the US federal government.
In view of these facts, the elected government in Afghanistan is rather reluctant in fully endorsing the US-Taliban Doha Deal, since there are many vexing issues that need to be resolved within the framework of intra-Afghan talks, including how power is to be shared with the Taliban, what will happen to Afghanistan’s democratic institutions and constitution?
Questions also remain over whether Taliban fighters will be disarmed and reintegrated into society, and who will lead the country’s army.
Several experts are of the opinion that the US-Taliban Accord is part of a plot to let the Taliban seize the country, and in such a case Afghanistan will be plunged into a new and bloody round of conflict amongst the various political, ethnic, and religious groups in a country which since 1978 has not seen any respite.
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