Taliban – 20 years – Taliban: What changed is the date, everything else remains the same!

Taliban – 20 years – Taliban: What changed is the date, everything else remains the same!

The Taliban have seized the power in Afghanistan after completing the takeover of Parliament in Kabul 2 days ago. The forceful power-grabbing by the Taliban was likely but none expected it to be so quick. The Taliban emerged out of nowhere in the year 1994. The earlier version of the Taliban was the Mujahideen which bravely fought against the Soviet Union and pushed them away. After that defeat, the USSR got crumbled and divided into parts. The major agenda of free Afghanistan was achieved with the support of multiple countries. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and America had together helped the Mujahideen.

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Then came the next challenge of who will hold the power? Just like in any other free nation even in Afghanistan there was a bitter power fight. That’s when the powerful ‘Taliban’ took the centre stage and emerged as the biggest powerholder in the nation of Afghans. With the help of thousands of Talibs (students), the Taliban gained control over Afghanistan. Unlike any other free nation where the power struggle is natural, the issue in Afghanistan was the extreme ideology of the Taliban.

The Taliban never liked the idea of freedom and always vouched for ‘shariah’. The true way of living Islamic life (according to Talibans). There was a rapid upsurge in the recruitment of the Talibs due to the radicalisation of ‘Islam’. With every year the number of Talibs only went up. All the while the middle eastern countries like Iran, Saudi and South Asian Pakistan were fully backing the Taliban.

The twin tower attack led to the dismantling of the Taliban

The leader of the Taliban, Osama Bin Laden who was recruited by the USA for training Talibans came back to haunt them. The power obtained achieved by Talibans, yet it was a poor country with nothing other than people. The people were backwards and knew no means of making money. Taliban was seeking money and help from the Americans. But the cause didn’t suit the American needs and they denied any help. The Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden who had all his troops stationed in Afghanistan designed the plan to attack Twin Towers. We all know how the brutal attack on the twin towers brought humungous pain to America.

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The attack on the twin tower not just did human loss but it had a devastating effect on the economy of the country. You know that if America’s economy is hurt, that automatically hits the world economy. Suddenly there was a rage of anger and fear. Americans didn’t expect such an attack. But they had to give it back, although it’s their seed which grew so strong that it hit with its branches.

After such a ghastly attack by Al-Qaeda, the American government ordered immediate war on terror and sent thousands of troops to Afghanistan to capture the perpetrators. Taliban was blamed for their support to Al-Qaeda and Americans desperately pushed the Talibans out of Afghanistan. But unfortunately, Talibans never left Afghanistan. There were continuous efforts by US Troops to push away the terror outfit Taliban. But it was just not possible.

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Afghanistan’s Taliban was losing the ground? No, they found new friends in the form of Russia, China and anyways they have a true friend in Pakistan. With the help of the enemies of America, the allies of the Taliban, the fighters found new weapons and more funds. They would silently pick up the people out of the blue and slaughter. Journalists, foreigners especially Americans saw maximum deaths by Talibans.

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The last time the Taliban ruled the nation for 5 years was from 1996 to 2001. A dark phase for every Afghan citizen. Women were tortured mentally, raped physically and used. Men were forced to join the Taliban army. There was no freedom and no sunshine. All that the Afghans wanted was peace, love and food to eat. Even the food from the United Nations was rejected and not allowed to enter the Nation. Everyone waited for the new dawn and somehow the US Troops invasion in 2001 helped in bringing down the Taliban. Let me say things again, just bring them down but not eliminate them.

India found a friend in Afghans, but one friend ‘Ghani’ came out to be Corrupt!

In all probability, the Taliban will bring back the rule that they enjoyed in the 5 years from 1996 to 2001. There are statements made by the Taliban of maintaining peace and upholding the rights of the people. But the close watchers of Afghanistan and the Taliban lifestyle don’t have even a 1% belief.  President Ashraf Ghani has allegedly fled the country with dollars filled in his cars and chopper. While his tweets say he left only to avoid bloodshed, the timing doesn’t match to what he says. Reports do suggest that everything was pre-planned.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan feels the slavery has finally ended and the Taliban rule is the welcome thing. China is happy and extends a friendly hand to welcome the Taliban. Russia says the Taliban is good, Kabul much better under the Taliban. President Joe Biden said America’s mission is just a few days away from being accomplished.

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But, the real trouble in all this is for India. India was never a party to this battle since the beginning. India did enter the Afghanistan territory only to support them and gifted them a parliament building. An Afghan-India friendship dam was another effort by India to tighten the relationship with the neighbours. Everything that India did was to extend friendship which the Taliban appreciates on paper. But they have also made it clear that they wouldn’t like India entering into issues of Afghanistan which will soon be the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan!!

The future is very uncertain for both the people of Afghanistan, the relationship between India and Afghanistan.

India will certainly have to be on its toes. We now have added an enemy in the form of the Taliban. Pakistan, the Taliban and China are all together and pose a real danger for India. To conclude though, the ever optimist person in me sees this moving in the direction of making India a superpower!!

Published by Sriram

A Teacher trying to Learn new things and explore the world each day! Believe in Happiness by the virtue of sacrifice and forgiveness.

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