The only losers from clinging to Western-oriented programs are the Persian speakers of the geography called Afghanistan.
Author: Fayaz Bahraman Najimi, regional and international affairs analyst, member of the Sangar Advisory Council.
Among the ominous phenomena of the 20-year American and Western presence in the geography called Afghanistan is the spread of individualism, dependence on foreign non-governmental organizations, greed, and corruption, especially among the younger generation.
The country, made up of 65% youth, has raised a generation that is strictly non-ideological, dependent on materialism and greedy for power and has no feelings, ideas, or thoughts about change other than self-interest and serving foreign projects. There was not a word at all about an alternative theory of liberation. If some political movements arose here and there, it was transitory and aimless!
The trend towards political and social change was low, especially among the younger Persian-speaking and Turkic-speaking generations. Most of them, following the culture of "helper" and "client" or "teacher" and "mentor", believed in leaders, a cult of personality and dependency on others, and they put their greatest talent into serving one or another person who had financial possibilities.
In contrast, the younger generation of Afghans or Pashtuns, educated in the West or Pakistan, were strongly program-oriented and ethnic nationalist. This group played a prominent role both among the republican authorities and among the Taliban, originating from the Pashtun tribal areas on both sides of the Durand border. Most of the young Pashtuns who were under the rule of the republic and now joined the Taliban were brought up in an Afghani family with an Afghani language, and their interaction with non-Afghans was on the one hand weak, on the other hand, the turmoil of the power struggle, they instinctively became radical Pashtuns, and this process continues. Some Pashtun youth did not grow up in Persian culture at all and remained in an environment limited by the educational and linguistic ties of their families.
In this sense, Afghanism first emerged among a new generation of young Afghans or Pashtuns as an ethnic and racial ideology similar to Nazism, which was homogeneous and prominent among both the Taliban and the younger generation returning from emigration during the Republican era.
This ideology recognizes only one value - Pashtunwali and the exclusion of "others".
They do not accept coexistence with other ethnic groups and languages and have one goal: to impose absolute dominance of Afghans over the rest by subjugating the “others” as “strangers” in a fake geography called Afghanistan.
The weak and unfounded slogan of the “brotherhood” of ethnic groups gives place to the superiority of the Pashtun “ours” over “others”, up to the destruction of “alien” linguistic and cultural identities.
All Pashtuns, without exception, support and benefit from this process. Some even openly call for the destruction of other peoples through deportation and forced migration.
In essence, there is no difference between Afghanism and Pashtunism, between Taliban and non-Taliban, communists, liberals, or religious radicals of Afghans-Pashtuns. All these are two sides of the same coin, and in the end, all the water flows into one river, that is, fascist Pashtunism.
Most “Tajik and Hazara pseudo-politicians” either do not know this bitter reality or, if they do, they do not want to talk about Afghanism and Islamism, because, as they say, they have “sand in their shoes.” Even the most enthusiastic figures of Persian-speaking politicians still have the shameful collar of captivity called “Afghanistan” around their necks!
They deceive people and the common people don't see the devilish side of their Gabriel coins!
Both the Taliban and all the Pashtun politicians of the Republican period know very well that now the survival of the ambitions of the Persian-speakers, which were the product of more than a century of the intellectual struggle of the resistance fighters, has reached the end, and they can easily take these pseudo-politicians to the shore of the river and return them thirsty because they have no political plan and ambitions, but for the most part, they are only other people's toys.
It is no coincidence that in the two years after the fall of the geography called Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, hundreds of organizations and associations of post-republican migrants have mushroomed in Western countries, but very rarely can they be considered institutions with serious purposes.
Most of them operate through networks controlled by Pashtuns. Most of them think that they can reach their goals in the West through associations both in the host country and in the future in the geographical region called Afghanistan, even under the control of the Taliban.
The stories and meetings of recent games are clear signs of this situation.
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In short, there is a dark and disturbing future ahead.
It appears that most Tajik and Hazara leadership aspirants do not understand either the existing domestic realities or the global and regional changes.
They do not see and do not prevent the ethnic and linguistic polarization occurring within, the change in power shifts in the world and the region.
Both situations are irreversible!
Domestically, the Pashtuns are rapidly moving from a state of decline to expansion. Sooner or later, both sides of the border will be demolished, and most of the Pashtuns will rush north, into the area of the Persian-speaking and Turkic-speaking population.
The dream of creating a great Afghanistan is coming true!
Anyone who doesn't know this is not a politician.
It is no longer possible to return to that first atmosphere that was created by global consensus. At that time, the non-Afghan forces—Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek—although militarily strong, were unable to maintain their power and were overthrown and marginalized within a short period. Today they have neither these capabilities nor a minimum political and military organization. It must therefore be clearly stated that the situation of the non-Pashtun ethnic groups, especially the Persian-speaking ones, is alarming and regrettable.
From clinging to Western-oriented programs, only ones will lose - Persian-speaking ones.
The fact that the Persian-speaking political groups, without a program and organization, have not yet learned the lessons from the heavy defeat of the Taliban in 2001, they will never learn the lessons again.
No expectations should be placed on any meeting, including the recent meeting in Vienna. Such meetings are only useful for completing projects of several foreign intelligence agencies to improve future strategies.
The geopolitics of the region has undergone a major transformation; Sooner or later, the “leadership of the orchestra” will also change to the goal of completely ousting the West.
What will be the position of Persian speakers in these transformations?
The existing forces not only cannot answer this question but also cannot take even a small step in this direction!
So what should we expect?
In the short term, there are two options for Persian speakers:
1 - Total disappearance based on the Taliban project;
2 - Accepting a minor role in another Afghanism scenario.
In both cases, the blame for the continued captivity of Persian speakers should be placed on the shoulders of a wide range of actors who do not understand the geopolitical and geostrategic evolution of the region and the world and look only to the United States and its allies.
Instead of joining the so-called "Global South", they keep their hands up the skirts of the colonialist "North".
The only alternative was proposed by the Movement for the Right to Self-Determination of Persian-Speaking People, which was reflected in its strategic statement.
