Non-Afghans have been the biggest victims of American power-sharing policies over the past two decades.
Author: Fayaz Bahraman Najimi, regional and international affairs analyst, member of the Sangar Advisory Council.
It turns out that Russia, as an experiment, began proxy diplomacy in relation to Afghanistan, something like American “ping-pong” diplomacy.
The United States of America does not apply diplomatic formalities anywhere in the world towards any country that is not its ally. They always establish relationships with governments and their opponents and use both sides to their advantage. But they have a one-sided approach to rulers towards allied countries, including the Taliban.
Most likely, Russia is experimenting with a new method, at least for now, in a geographic region called Afghanistan. Its official policy is interaction with the Taliban, and its unofficial policy on behalf of the A Just Russia party is with opponents of the Taliban.
The "inside the system" opposition parties in Russia are not equivalent to Western oppositions, and on major issues, they contribute to the policies of the central government, just like the two American political parties.
The meeting of the A Just Russia party with the majority of non-Afghan opponents in the hotel of the former Central Committee of the CPSU, and now the presidential government hotel, was impossible without the support of Russian security agencies, especially the National Security Council.
The Russian Security Council, as well as some military and Persian-oriented experts, have a different and better view of non-Afghans. The Resistance Front and the Resistance Council are considered part of Russia's future security pillar in Central Asia, which is based on the Tajiks and Hazaras (the two largest Persian-speaking peoples), as well as their natural allies - the Uzbeks and Turkmens (Turkicspeaking).
Russia's official policy towards the geography called Afghanistan is through engagement with and tolerance of the Taliban, as the Taliban is an instrument of the American Democrats' plans to create a new war front against Russia in its security sphere in Central Asia. Just as Armenia, dependent on the US, has become a problem in the Caucasus, the Taliban are a problem in Central and South Asia.
However, at present, Russia’s diplomatic ploy can be called the “good and bad interrogator” method, which both appeases and threatens to get results. This is nothing more than a ploy in the region's geopolitical chess game.
The Russian Security Council constantly accuses the Taliban of terrorism and drug trafficking. On the contrary, the Russian Foreign Ministry has not yet gone beyond the limits of advice.
Although this duality is not in the interests of Russia and its allies, they have no choice. They have to deal with the Taliban and remain silent regarding their actions to change the ethnic structure in the north or build the Qush Teppa Canal. But the situation does not remain the same. One of the characteristics of Pashtun ethnic governments over the past 270 years is the lack of duration.
In a short time, the Taliban knife reached the bones of the non-Pashtuns. Sooner or later their cry will rise and turn into a destructive torrent against the Afghan or Pashtun rulers right up to the border of partition.
It is quite possible that politicians and, most likely, the Russian intelligence services have realized that in the not-too-distant future, non-Pashtun regions will be fraught with anti-Taliban and anti-Pashtun uprisings. Therefore, it is necessary to open a close dialogue with representatives of these ethnic groups, especially since these ethnic groups have become the largest victims of American policy over the past two decades in the matter of distribution of power.
The A Just Russia Party actually marked the beginning of the Kremlin's proxy diplomacy, which is part of Russia's regional policy. Both Ahmad Masoud and Mohammad Mohaqqeq uttered words that were more in line with the line of big Kremlin politics than words and exchanges with a political party.
A number of Western-oriented propaganda media, from the BBC to Afghanistan International, etc., in a biased and shrewd manner, tried to downplay the significance of the meeting due to the absence of official Russian representatives, but the main and similar line of their work was to change the direction of public opinions.
Every serious political scientist knows that an organized meeting with a massive turnout took place without the “necessary consultations” and not with orders from “certain places,” and this is far from the competence and capabilities of a third-level party.
Both Russian and Western supporters of the Taliban know what the future tools for fighting each other in Central Asia will be.
Preparations for it have already begun!
