In response to the destruction of the tomb of the National hero of Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Massoud, the leader of the Jamiati Islami of Afghanistan regarded the Taliban war as a war against the language of the ethnicities and their historical identity.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, November 10 - Sangar, Qari Ahmad. The Taliban recently destroyed the tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud in the Panjshir Valley, sparking protests inside and outside of Afghanistan, and this is not the only time they offend the feelings of the Tajik people.
In a statement given to Sangar by his press office, Atta Muhammad Noor, head of Afghanistan's Jamiat Islami, says that during more than a year of illegal rule by the Taliban, Persian, which is the language of the Tajiks, Hazaras, and the language of communication and understanding for the vast majority of the country's population, as well as values, national symbols and historical and civilizational identity of Persian speakers, have been repeatedly insulted and these disgusting actions are directed against the national unity and peaceful coexistence of the peoples of the country.
“If the Taliban are not behind these events, then why have no practical measures been taken so far to combat the perpetrators of such actions?” asks Ustad Atta Muhammad Noor.
In connection with the destruction of the grave of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a National hero, and leader of the First Resistance against the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and Pakistan, he mentioned the group and its supporters, but did not name the latter.
"Repeated calls by the Taliban and their associates to destroy the grave of the country's national hero Shahid Ahmad Shah Massoud, who is in the hearts of freedom-loving people and is a symbol of freedom and resistance, not only do not harm his status but also increase the popularity of this leader of the martyrs," Ustad Atta Muhammad Noor said.
This is not the first time that the Taliban have destroyed the tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud on Saricha Hill in Panjshir and disrespected him. In the past, the Taliban sang songs and danced the Atan-Afghan dance at his mausoleum.
After the martyrdom of Ahmad Shah Massoud in 2001, his grave became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of his adherents and admirers from all over the world, but the Taliban consider him their enemy because he was the only one who did not allow their power in Afghanistan in the 90s. In the past, the Taliban insulted Amir Habibullah Kalakani, another Tajik leader who took power from the Pashtuns by force in 1929.
At the same time, the Taliban went even further, destroying and insulting the national symbols of Tajiks and other Persian-speaking residents of Afghanistan. Removing images of the “Elite Wall” and spray-painting the statue of Shah Ismail Samani in Balkh, destroying the monument to “Martyr of National Unity” Abdulali Mazari in Bamiyan, spraying paint on the signboard of “Martyr of the World” Burhanuddin Rabbani and removing images of historical figures from Kabul University, changing language signs in Farsi, the removal of the word "donishgoh" (Persian for "university") from signs across Afghanistan and dozens of other cases are also added to the list of anti-cultural and anti-ethnic actions of the Taliban.
Ustad Atta Muhammad Noor called these actions of the Taliban unreasonable and contrary to the national spirit, patriotic values, the principle of coexistence, and mutual recognition.
“These approaches increase serious risks for such actions against ethnic figures, and in response, we may see tomorrow similar events against figures belonging to the Taliban ethnic group, which is caused by the anti-ethnic actions of the same fascist and racist group,” he concludes.
According to the overseers of the situation in Afghanistan, although the Taliban issue Islamic slogans, they behave nationalistically, but rather fascist, and following the previous governments, they are pursuing a policy of strengthening the positions of their ethnic group - the Pashtuns in Afghanistan, and this is their big mistake, which every day increases the number of their opponents from other ethnicities, even from non-Pashtun Taliban. Their actions even strengthen the position of those who are in favor of a federal system, even Afghanistan's division. And everyone has only one argument: you cannot live in the same country with people who do not respect your values, but, on the contrary, plant their own.
