The Americans were hunting their own “special targets,” not the Taliban.
Author: Muin Islampour, former Afghan Ministry of Defense officer
Over the two decades of US and NATO presence in Afghanistan, we have witnessed hundreds of secrets and sad events, however, generals and senior government officials do not want to reveal the bitter and tragic truth of betrayal and shameful actions of Americans.
Going on with the series of previous stories and the American scenario of the Talibanization of Afghanistan, I want to tell my dear audience an incident that I witnessed myself. We are talking about another betrayal and double actions of the Americans:
It was 2014. One day in my office - the main center of the 203rd Tundar (Thunder) Army Corps - in the city of Gardiz, the center of Paktia province, I was busy studying administrative letters when I received a call from the operational headquarters. It was reported that Taliban forces were gathering in the area of the Momenkhel checkpoint in Paktia province. The enemy positioned itself between the Kaftarkhan area and the Momenkhel checkpoint. According to our intelligence sources, the Taliban had a plan to attack the police and public order posts.
I immediately ordered the officials of the operational headquarters to obtain information about the enemy strength from the block commander of the 6th battalion, the late Lieutenant Colonel Faizullahan. I asked for accurate information, taking into account intelligence sources.
The operational headquarters handed over the coordinates of the area to foreign consultants so that they could launch airstrikes against the enemy.
About forty minutes passed from that moment when they called me again and said that the Americans were showing the operation scene via satellite, if possible, come and watch the battle online. I immediately went to the operational headquarters. The consultants showed the scene of the operation, where the plane was flying in the sky over Momenkhel. The operation was observed by all our officers and the American special group. I also joined them. The plane fired four or five shots at the Taliban.
But the enemy did not disperse. Finally, the plane fired one or two rockets away from the Taliban positions. After twenty minutes of effort and scattered shots, they targeted only one of the 17 Taliban and killed him with laser weapons. But not a single shot was fired at the others. This action caused indignation among all officers and employees of the operational headquarters of the Army Corps.
I personally asked the Americans why they don’t fire at others?! They replied that our target was only one Taliban because he was the most dangerous among them, the rest were not our target. I asked how dangerous he was, aren't the others dangerous?! The Americans said that this Taliban was released from prison by the government and there is our mark on his body, by which he was identified and persecuted. They reiterated that the others were not their target.
I said that now these wounded snakes will attack the security posts, and they will avenge their comrade. In the end, they were provoked and angry by this argument of mine. They said it had nothing to do with them. From here I learned that sooner or later the Americans would betray the army and people of Afghanistan.
At the time, there were rumors of a secret meeting between the Americans and the Taliban in Pakistan. Their actions created a lot of doubts in my heart. From that day on, I hated and was suspicious of foreigners. I did not have a good relationship with the consultants. Every time I saw Americans, a scenario of betrayal of Vietnam appeared in my head. I was apprehensive about the future of the army and my country.
What happened next, unfortunately, happened in a terrible way. Hundreds of people have fled Afghanistan, and the rest have become hostages and prisoners of a brutal terrorist group that does whatever it wants with it...
