The tragedy began when Ashraf Ghani came to power in 2014 through falsifications because, in addition to many problems, he had a big problem, namely that he did not trust the people of Afghanistan
Author: Vahidullah Shahrani,
former Minister of Commerce and Minister of Mines of Afghanistan in the government of Hamid Karzai
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement (that he is ready to send 2,000 specialists from various departments to the Afghan government - Sangar) should be taken seriously. On this issue, one should not take a position of superficial sentiment, but one should pay attention to the essence of his statement, which fully reflects the point of view, the planned program, and the established goal of Pakistan.
As an Afghan citizen who had the honor of holding key government posts for a long time, I remember well that when we had meetings and negotiations with the leaders of the Pakistani government, it was very difficult for them when the Afghan government and government departments were headed by people who, in addition to their technical and managerial abilities, had an independent mindset and always emphasized the principle of equality and reciprocity in their dealings with the Pakistanis.
In this regard, it should be noted that during 2002-2014, despite all the problems and shortcomings, the leadership of the Afghan government in relations with Pakistan faced the same method, and a number of respected compatriots involved in these cases became witnesses of this.
Twice the Pakistanis complained to the Americans and personally about me. The first time was when I was Minister of Commerce, and the second time was when I was Minister of Mines and Petroleum. They said that I allegedly have very close relations with the Indians and that this is not acceptable for them (Pakistanis).
But the tragedy began when Ashraf Ghani came to power in 2014 through fraud because he had a big problem in addition to his (many) problems, which was that he did not trust the people of Afghanistan.
In the internal dimension, he saw the extension of his power in national discord, the growing superiority of one ethnic group over other ethnic groups, and in the external dimension, he considered himself in need of the illegal help of the Pakistanis, which is well known to many politicians.
After the start of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan (1989), the Pakistanis developed a new doctrine on Afghanistan, called "strategic depth" (strategic depth), on the basis of which, in order to maintain a balance in the confrontation with India, they gave themselves the right to consider Afghanistan their sphere of influence in military and strategic in two stages: one from Durand to the Hindu Kush and the second from the Hindu Kush to the Amu Darya.
In 2013 and 2014, Ashraf Ghani made a series of clandestine trips and one or two official ones (but the contents were top secret). He several times in Dubai (UAE) tried to negotiate with the Pakistanis and with their help come to power in Afghanistan. Ghani gave them full confidence that he would govern Afghanistan at the behest of the Pakistanis in all major regional matters. The Pakistanis see their dominance in Afghanistan in two main points:
First, the people of Afghanistan must be mired in internal divisions, especially ethnic ones, which Ashraf Ghani did when he came to power;
Secondly, they want to see Afghanistan powerless and backward, which was done not by the Taliban, but by Ashraf Ghani, with his corrupt and mediocre team, during the six years of his rule.
I well remember that between October and December 2014, during the formation of the government of national unity cabinet, Ashraf Ghani repeatedly spoke publicly at meetings about certain personalities that were not accepted by the Pakistanis, and also told the Pakistani authorities that he did not introduce such- such and such a person to the cabinet because of his relations with India or enmity towards the Pakistanis.
During his visit to Pakistan, he visited the office of the Chief of General Staff of Pakistan in Rawalpindi without an accompanying delegation. Later, he agreed with Pakistan to install barbed wires along the Durand Line, allowing the Pakistani army to launch operations against the Pakistani opposition in Kunar, killing the leaders of the Baloch nationalists in Kandahar. Ghani appointed Pakistani proxies to key positions in the Afghan defense and security services and began a formal process of identifying and nurturing those parts of the Afghan youth who sympathized with Pakistan. Two months before the complete fall of Afghanistan by the Taliban, he made a secret trip alone to a meeting with General Bajwa, Chief of the General Staff of Pakistan, which took place inside the plane at Islamabad military airfield. There are also dozens of other examples of his betrayal...
All this was the work of Ashraf Ghani, who publicly and practically made concessions to Pakistan in order to continue his black rule in Afghanistan. But Pakistan has never made any concessions to Ashraf Ghani, given that he was the brainchild and pupil of colonialism. Pakistan got all the privileges from Ghani but didn't give him a single privilege.
In the end, Ashraf Ghani's shameful benevolence towards Pakistan led to the overthrow of his artificial and empty rule. On August 15, having destroyed the power of the nation and all the cores of statehood, he fled Afghanistan with 169 million dollars and practically surrendered Afghanistan to Pakistan, writing his name as the most shameful and traitorous ruler in the history of Afghanistan.
