Afghanistan is occupied by Pakistan, and Pakistan has the right to operate in Afghanistan. Taliban attack on Panjshir is ethnic aggression
Author: Habib Hamidzada, journalist and writer
According to Mir Gholam Mohammad Gobar (author of Afghanistan on the Path of History, the best and most realistic book on the history of Afghanistan), Nadirkhan sent twenty-five thousand warriors from the southern Pashtun tribes of Ahmadzai, Karukhel, Jaji, Mangal, Tutakhel, Waziri, Wardak, and some other tribes to fight against the inhabitants of Kapisa and Parwan (together with the official soldiers of their army). Similarly, southerners invaded this region in the seventies (First resistance (1996-2001)). When you read about the tragedies and events that were written about this invasion and the inhabitants of this region in historical books, you fall into shame.
Now, once again, the Pashtun tribes from Khost province, who bear no responsibility within the official framework of the Taliban army, are moving to Panjshir to fight. Relying on the tribes to suppress internal dissent has been one of the methods of warfare of the ethnic governments of Afghanistan. Sending troops from the Khost tribes to fight the people of Panjshir and possibly other parts of Afghanistan in the future is the same method that Nader Khan used in the past against Habibullah Kalkani and the Taliban against the northern peoples.
Meanwhile, Pakistan bombed Khost province a few weeks ago. Not only did no one in Khost react to this, but the Taliban ethnic government, which claims to have defeated the US and NATO, preferred absolute silence and did not send a single soldier against the aggressor. The tribes of the south and the governments that support them and their terror ignored Pakistan's invasion of Afghanistan, but the Panjshir uprising in defense of their dignity suddenly alarmed them. This may be the greatest dilemma of our day.
The Taliban and Pashtuns of the south did not take seriously the Pakistani aggression in Khost, Kunar, and Nimroz and no one opposed it, but they all attacked the Panjshir resistance. This means that Afghanistan is occupied by Pakistan and Pakistan has the right to operate in Afghanistan.
The events in Panjshir these days and the attack of the Taliban on this valley of resistance and freedom show that the ethnic government of the Taliban and Pashtun nationalists has no higher goal than the dream of conquering Panjshir. So far, they have done everything in their power in the cruelest way against Panjshir and its inhabitants. The Taliban attack on Panjshir is ethnic aggression and resistance is the right way.
But, despite the bitter history that Shimali and Panjshir went through, they never showed despair and surrender. Fortitude, pride, and resistance to foreigners are the main characteristics of this region. The area looks like a burned-out house with hardened bricks left behind. The iron will of the inhabitants of this region of Afghanistan has long been a national and world legend. This region has always been a thorn in the throat and a sword around the neck of aggressors and totalitarians. The blood, which is shedding in Panjshir, Shimali, Andarab, and other areas opposing the Taliban these days is irrigating the roots of the freedom and love of freedom of the nation.
The question is very clear. This is an internal and historical problem. The war of Naderkhan and the Taliban with the peoples of Shimali and Panjshir is one and the same. The description of these events on the basis of external models and theories has neither a scientific nor a logical basis. This is a special issue for Afghanistan and should be studied and assessed on the basis of the historical facts of Afghanistan.
Democracy and idealism will lead nowhere if we do not accept and take into account the historical problem of Afghanistan. Since 1330, the price of all the suffering, imprisonment, torture, and acceptance of thousands of disasters to achieve freedom and democracy has been wasted.
The main reason for the failure of all these victims is the unresolved national question. Existing national oppression, which is Afghanistan's twin, hinders education, justice, democracy, and ultimately national unity.
Hegemony, the ultimate goal of which is the "Afghanization" of the entire country, is the cause of injustice, the spread of poverty and illiteracy, and finally, the cause of the current wars and destruction. Look for a cure for this old pain and wound. We will not have true democracy and social justice until we resolve the issue on which the life and death of the country depends. Because before us, even more, more iron people strove to achieve them, despite the main problem of the country, they spent money and sacrificed themselves, but did not achieve anything.