Two trends that ensure the "survival" of a geographical area called Afghanistan
Author: Fayaz Bahraman Najimi, international affairs expert, member of the Sangar Advisory Board
First, is the Taliban.
The Taliban are a true and structured symbol of Afghan/Pashtun ethnic fascism. The Taliban should not be viewed as a group of medieval Deobandi mullahs. Rather, this group is the big blow that emerged after the formation of the Afghan identity in the 1930s.
They are the ones that were in the dreams and plans of Mahmud Tarzi, Shah Amanullah, Mohammad Hashem, Mohammad Daoud, Mohammad Naim, Abdulmajid Zabuli, Nurmohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and a large intellectual group of Pashtun fanatics who wanted absolute domination Pashtuns at all levels of government.
It is no coincidence that, except for a small circle of Pashtuns who are sick with nostalgia for power, in general, all Pashtun politicians and scientists, regardless of what ideology they represented yesterday or were brought up in Persian culture, directly or indirectly support the Taliban and are silent about their crimes.
This silence is nothing but a sign of sympathy for the Taliban!
For the Taliban mullahs and yesterday's Taliban in ties is essential, first of all, the Pashtun fascist ideology, then religion.
With the help of social networks and the media, it has become clear that the Taliban's claim to religion has a Pashtun basis. The Taliban religion is just a stick to hit on the head of non-Pashtuns.
The Western media that supports the Taliban are aware of this and are also aware that the true face of the Taliban is Pashtun fascism, but they ignore it and try to distract the public consciousness with old versions of terrorism or radicalism.
The new ideological component of the world is religious nationalism, and the Taliban represent it.
The above explanation does not contradict the presence of non-Pashtun military groups in the ranks of the Taliban, because the other side of the Taliban's ethnic medal is banditry and the mafia.
Non-Pashtun mafia-religious gangs have gained criminal immunity under the auspices of the Taliban. If you look closely at the surrender of Tajiks and Uzbeks in the north, you can see that the leaders of these national criminal groups belong to drug gangs. These ethnic groups control drug trafficking routes from Badakhshan to Badghis, or grow and manufacture substances such as marijuana or emeralds, such as in Panjshir.
These non-Pashtun factions fighting on the side of the Taliban primarily support their criminal economic, not ethnic interests. For these groups, there is no nation, and money is their idol.
Poor non-Pashtuns either join such gangs out of necessity and to survive, or merge with ISIS Khorasan. In any case, they become fodder for the fascist policies of the Taliban or ISIS.
Let's not forget that the Pakistani drug mafia oversees all the activities of the Taliban's criminal economy.
In short:
All Pashtuns, from ethnic fanatics and fascists to liberals, support the Taliban;
Most of the Pashtun mafia are allied with the Taliban;
And, finally, religious Pashtuns are absolutely with the Taliban.
Mixing the three groups in one circle has made the power of the Pashtuns extremely historical - Pashtunism means Talibanism, and Talibanism means Pashtunism!
There are no Pashtuns outside this circle. If there is, their voice is not heard.
The origin is the voice of the Taliban that echoes the Afghan/Pashtun demands. Both the West and the East know and hear this sound well.
Both international warring factions are trying to play the Taliban on the Greater Central Asian chessboard, and both see their equal interest in maintaining Afghan-Pashtun hegemony.
The plans of the United States of America, the European Union, and Great Britain are not much different from the plans of Russia and China regarding the Taliban - it's just a conflict of interest.
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Secondly, anti-Taliban resistance.
Politicians and most of the Persian-speaking people - Tajiks and Hazaras - know the fact that the dream of purely Pashtun fascist rule has come true after a hundred years, but they dare not tell their people out of shame or fear.
In two well-known circles - the National Resistance Front and the National Resistance Council - nothing exists to protect the interests of non-Pashtuns, especially those who speak Persian. They ignore the wishes of informed Persian-speaking youth who have received the message of the Strategic Movement for the Right to Self-Determination and want to take their fate into their own hands.
Ethnocide, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and demographic changes in the non-Pashtun areas of the north have not been able to stir their sleeping consciences.
On the contrary, both movements are more interested in seeing the ousted Pashtuns continue to continue the Afghan/Pashtun domination, and they sympathize with and join them.
Commitment to the idea of a common Afghanistan and the division of power is the main part of the program of both circles.
Much of Persian-speaking intellectuals are also in favor of a common Afghanistan in this respect and are in fact the mouthpiece for the continuation of Afghan-Pashtun rule.
After all, the two existing non-Pashtun political circles, before thinking about the demands of their own people, are trying to bargain with major foreign powers in order to join in the power-sharing with the Taliban!
The great powers pursue their own interests. "West" or "East"'s play with two fronts of resistance is something like playing with the Taliban, with the only difference being that the Taliban are now very strong militarily with the help of the United States of America and their allies, and the fronts of resistance are weak.
- You must not play with your nation. The current war in Persian-speaking geography is an ethnic and cultural war.
- Relying on the people is the source of our strength and victory.
- Need to show Persian speakers their interests.
- They should be taught that the only way to save them from humiliation, murder, and inequality is to end the Pashtun rule.
- This can be achieved by returning to Persian identity, history, and culture.
- It is naive to play on a foreign field, in which there is nothing but a mandatory loss.
- The power of Persian speakers is linked to Persian ideology.
- Great importance should be attached to the ideology of Persian identity.
- When a Persian ideology is created with an identity axis, then a general popular mobilization can take place.
- The power of the people is unlimited and invincible.
The strategic movement for the right to self-determination for Persian speakers has opened this door and will provide the necessary answers to save their people in the future.
