President Ashraf Ghani is on an official visit to Pakistan nowadays, and he has talked to senior Pakistani government officials. He has come to Pakistan to get the help and support of Islamabad in solving the Afghan quagmire. Afghanistan has been termed as the graveyard of empires, given the fact that the indigenous people of Afghanistan have always fought valiantly against foreign occupations. In the middle of the 19th century, the British Empire tried many times to suppress and subdue the people of this mountainous region but failed miserably every time and had been forcefully expelled by brave Afghans. USSR also invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and, just after one year of their incursion, had been forced to get out of Afghanistan. After the collapse of the USSR, America also attacked this country in 2001, and the President of America arrogantly boasted that he would crush the Taliban.
It has been 18 years since the arrival of foreign forces in Afghanistan, and still, the Taliban are invincible. Experts in America should realize that they would never be able to defeat the Taliban.
The best way of achieving peace and stability in Afghanistan is the withdrawal of foreign forces. Everything will be settled after withdrawal, and therefore, stakeholders, including Ghani Administration, should start working on a comprehensive withdrawal plan.
Some people might argue that Afghanistan will become a battleground for civil war, and different factions that are now fighting against the common enemy will start fighting against each other to grab the power. Their argument holds water given the fact that there were bloody conflicts among Afghan Mujahideen after the withdrawal of the Red Army back in 1989. Different landlords started fighting each other to show their prowess and to get some leverage in a future political settlement. But this time, it hoped that the people have learned from their past mistakes, and one party would not try to enforce their ideology on others. Taliban have also said that they do not want to rule the whole of Afghanistan alone. So there will be a Milli government in Afghanistan, which entails the demands of all stakeholders.
NATO forces have used all sorts of modern weaponry and sophisticated surveillance system, but still, the results are not in their favor. American buckets have been dwindled due to extravagant expenditures, and the debt on it is on the rise. America has tried everything in 18 years, but nothing has changed for them. It is high time for the American administration to introspect and start thinking about the prosperity of their own people rather than indulging in foreign conflicts. The majority of the people of America are not in favor of this war, and they want the money to be spent on them. During the election campaign, President Donald Trump also promised that he would end protracted American conflicts and would call American soldiers back. It would be productive for America as well as for the whole region as there would be more chances of trade and economic prosperity would be on the rise in Afghanistan.
It has been 18 years since the arrival of foreign forces in Afghanistan, and still, the Taliban are invincible. Experts in America should realize that they would never be able to defeat the Taliban.
The best way of achieving peace and stability in Afghanistan is the withdrawal of foreign forces. Everything will be settled after withdrawal, and therefore, stakeholders, including Ghani Administration, should start working on a comprehensive withdrawal plan.
Some people might argue that Afghanistan will become a battleground for civil war, and different factions that are now fighting against the common enemy will start fighting against each other to grab the power. Their argument holds water given the fact that there were bloody conflicts among Afghan Mujahideen after the withdrawal of the Red Army back in 1989. Different landlords started fighting each other to show their prowess and to get some leverage in a future political settlement. But this time, it hoped that the people have learned from their past mistakes, and one party would not try to enforce their ideology on others. Taliban have also said that they do not want to rule the whole of Afghanistan alone. So there will be a Milli government in Afghanistan, which entails the demands of all stakeholders.
NATO forces have used all sorts of modern weaponry and sophisticated surveillance system, but still, the results are not in their favor. American buckets have been dwindled due to extravagant expenditures, and the debt on it is on the rise. America has tried everything in 18 years, but nothing has changed for them. It is high time for the American administration to introspect and start thinking about the prosperity of their own people rather than indulging in foreign conflicts. The majority of the people of America are not in favor of this war, and they want the money to be spent on them. During the election campaign, President Donald Trump also promised that he would end protracted American conflicts and would call American soldiers back. It would be productive for America as well as for the whole region as there would be more chances of trade and economic prosperity would be on the rise in Afghanistan.
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