What does the unprecedented Taliban military campaign in northern Afghanistan mean?
Author: Ismail Forughi, analyst
The invasion of thousands of bearded and hairy fighters from four sides in Panjshir and Andarab under the pretext of suppressing resistance is mainly aimed at forcing the indigenous population to migrate and, subsequently, ethnic cleansing in all the northern provinces of the country.
This sectarian campaign, which is undoubtedly based on the plan and order of the generals of the ISI of Pakistan, first aims at the conquest and subjugation of Panjshir and Andarab, and then the whole north. This heavily armed militant group, which includes mainly the Taliban and fighters from southern Afghanistan, will exacerbate ethnic divisions in Afghanistan and expand the fighting fronts across the country.
According to the testimony of local residents and television footage, not only Afghan Taliban from Paktia and Khost took part in the attack on Panjshir and Andarab, but also Pakistani Taliban from the other side of the Durand Line, who, like their Afghan relatives, have long hair and beards - these are those who were not in the ranks of the Taliban in the past.
It is known that the infernal intelligence organization of Pakistan (ISI) plays a special and decisive role in the formation and development of this offensive army and intends to develop and strengthen it in all the northern provinces of Afghanistan under the name of Badri units and others. According to the old Anglo-Nadirkhan plan, using the tribes to suppress dissent, Pakistan wants to exacerbate ethnic strife and force the indigenous peoples from different parts of Afghanistan to leave their homes and settle in them their military groups, which were gathered from Southern Afghanistan and Pakistani North and South Waziristan for suppression and repression.
The redeployment of thousands of Taliban fighters from southern Afghanistan and Pakistani Waziristan to establish a major corps-level military base in Panjshir, Takhar and many other parts of the north that will provide permanent housing for the militants and their families has no other purpose than forced migration and ethnic cleansing. The arrests of people in groups in the regions with the aim of spreading fear and horror clearly show that the Taliban are not fighting against the Panjshir and Andarab resistance, but with all the inhabitants of Panjshir, Andarab, Baghlan, Takhar, Jowzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Faryab, Saripul, Bamiyan, Daikundi. .. and other northern and central provinces of Afghanistan. According to the plans of the Pakistani intelligence ISI and the US CIA, they intend to spread the war among all ethnic groups in the Afghan north, and then to Central Asia, as well as to organize one after another forced migration and ethnic cleansing to the northern and central regions of Afghanistan.
There are doubts as to whether the Taliban - this proxy terrorist group - will be able to achieve these sinister and dangerous goals of their Pakistani patrons. The regional powers and the people of Afghanistan will never allow them to expel all indigenous peoples from their territories and replace them with a primitive fundamentalist and terrorist group.
Those who follow the situation in Afghanistan believe that forced migration and ethnic cleansing will lead to unrest, national and general uprisings. Sooner or later, women, men, youth and the elderly in the occupied areas of northern and central Afghanistan will rise up and send the Taliban to their main hometown, Waziristan, Pakistan.
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