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Taliban are the Murderers of Afghan People, a New Discovery by Spanta

I didn't watch the interview but I read the report published by TOLOnews. The title of the report was "Taliban are the Murderers of Afghan People".

Taliban are Murderers of Afghan People, is a new discovery, calling Taliban, Haqqani and al-Qaeda networks killers and enemies of Afghan people doesn't solve the problems Afghanistan is currently facing.

Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, is decisive to show a happy face to the Taliban to persuade them to sit around negotiation table and bring them into the government. Mr Spanta cited the involvement of Taliban into the government structure a historical shame and he should apologise to the Afghan people.

Why should we negotiate with the Taliban? Are the sides looking for their own popularity and is the government interested to look at Taliban's untrimmed beards? Or is Taliban group interested to see technocrat faces and modern suits of Karzai's government officials? In fact they are fighting to gain power. Taliban are being supported by neighbouring countries and if Pakistani Prime Minister, Yosuf Raza Gilani, in an interview with al-Jazeera said that his government is not supporting the Taliban, it's clearly a lie. Taliban group was created in 1994 by Pakistan, Gilani's party and Pakistan's people's party and late Pakistani interior minister, Nasrullah Babur, is the spiritual father of the Taliban.

National Security Advisor to President Karzai, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, is fully aware of the strategies. He emphasised on taking the war to the other side of the Afghan-Pakistan border as the Americans did and launched an air strike on November 26 last year and killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. But Pakistan's political revolution made America's eyes blind and the revolution is in progress. I think it would have been better if Mr Spanta emphasised more on causes of the tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan instead of calling Taliban the murderers of Afghan people.

In principle, we can follow two strategies in our relations with Pakistan, the first one is the strategy of former Afghan president, Mohammad Dawood Khan, and the second is the strategy of, Abdul Rahman Khan and Amanullah Khan in 1929 and then during the Mohammad Hashim Khan and Shah Mahmoud Khan kingdoms. The history of kingdoms shows that Afghans accepted the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan but during Dawood Khan's regime he planned a very dangerous strategy which threatened Pakistan.

Division of Pashtunistan was another challenge for Pakistan in Dawood Khan's strategy.

At that time, Pakistan had newly gained it's independence which was not recognised by Afghanistan in 1948 UN summit. The main question is which strategy should be used against Pakistan? Mr Spanta cited Amanullah Khan's kingdom as the golden era of Afghanistan, which is right. He gathered modern thinking people such as, Mahmood Tarzi, Wali Mohammad Khan Darwazi, Queen Suraya his wife, and Mr Dawi. We should solve our problems with the Taliban. Pakistan established Taliban to remove those who were with division of Pashtunistan.

Tribal leaders and Pashtun Nationalists are being killed by Taliban and today instead of tribal leaders Taliban Mullahs are ruling Swat, Bajaur, Orakzai, Mohmand Agency and North Waziristan. These areas are being controlled by Mullah Hafiz Gul Bahadur Khan, Mullah Nazir, Mullah Rahmani, Hakimullah Mehsoud, Mullah Ehsanullah Ehsan, Mullah Faqir Mohammad and Mullah Fazelullah. They implement the provisions of Islam according to their own interests. They behead people and amputate hands misusing Islam. Extremist mullahs and nationalists destroyed communities; Taliban's ideology is to impose their own version of Islam rules on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Khurasan, and Middle East. There is no doubt that Taliban are fighting or negotiating to gain power. I can't understand how Mr Spanta said that if Taliban are involved in government he will feel ashamed before the history.

The main point is to talk about borders with Pakistan, these may not solve all the problems but solving the border issues could be very important. Pakistan's protest may not be becauseof the death of 24 soldiers, it may have messages like Durand line is the redline for Islamabad, crossing that line could have any kind of consequences.

After the assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, President Karzai realised that the side to talk with is Pakistan, this discovery is better than discovery by Mr Spanta. President Karzai has recognised his side to negotiate with.

Mr Spanta must realise that Afghanistan is facing Pakistan not a small number of Taliban, they called the government of Afghanistan a "puppet" regime, but the truth is that Taliban are the servants of ISI. The US will never change the strategy and the geography of war.

As you all know Afghanistan's defence minister is sleeping all the time due to his old age, his working hours start at ten o'clock in the morning and ends at two o'clock in the afternoon as organised by his aides.

Our Security Forces are not capable enough to change the geography of war, instead of changing the geography of war think about negotiations with Pakistan and recognise the vital issues.

Don't be afraid to share your findings with Pakistan, accept the realities, wishing will not solve the problems of Afghanistan. Don't be just happy by saying on TV that Taliban are murderers of Afghan people. It's not a new discovery.

Mohammad Natiqi is the Former Afghan Ambassador to Libya and a political analyst.

Taliban are the Murderers of Afghan People, a New Discovery by Spanta

I didn't watch the interview but I read the report published by TOLOnews. The title of the report

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I didn't watch the interview but I read the report published by TOLOnews. The title of the report was "Taliban are the Murderers of Afghan People".

Taliban are Murderers of Afghan People, is a new discovery, calling Taliban, Haqqani and al-Qaeda networks killers and enemies of Afghan people doesn't solve the problems Afghanistan is currently facing.

Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, is decisive to show a happy face to the Taliban to persuade them to sit around negotiation table and bring them into the government. Mr Spanta cited the involvement of Taliban into the government structure a historical shame and he should apologise to the Afghan people.

Why should we negotiate with the Taliban? Are the sides looking for their own popularity and is the government interested to look at Taliban's untrimmed beards? Or is Taliban group interested to see technocrat faces and modern suits of Karzai's government officials? In fact they are fighting to gain power. Taliban are being supported by neighbouring countries and if Pakistani Prime Minister, Yosuf Raza Gilani, in an interview with al-Jazeera said that his government is not supporting the Taliban, it's clearly a lie. Taliban group was created in 1994 by Pakistan, Gilani's party and Pakistan's people's party and late Pakistani interior minister, Nasrullah Babur, is the spiritual father of the Taliban.

National Security Advisor to President Karzai, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, is fully aware of the strategies. He emphasised on taking the war to the other side of the Afghan-Pakistan border as the Americans did and launched an air strike on November 26 last year and killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. But Pakistan's political revolution made America's eyes blind and the revolution is in progress. I think it would have been better if Mr Spanta emphasised more on causes of the tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan instead of calling Taliban the murderers of Afghan people.

In principle, we can follow two strategies in our relations with Pakistan, the first one is the strategy of former Afghan president, Mohammad Dawood Khan, and the second is the strategy of, Abdul Rahman Khan and Amanullah Khan in 1929 and then during the Mohammad Hashim Khan and Shah Mahmoud Khan kingdoms. The history of kingdoms shows that Afghans accepted the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan but during Dawood Khan's regime he planned a very dangerous strategy which threatened Pakistan.

Division of Pashtunistan was another challenge for Pakistan in Dawood Khan's strategy.

At that time, Pakistan had newly gained it's independence which was not recognised by Afghanistan in 1948 UN summit. The main question is which strategy should be used against Pakistan? Mr Spanta cited Amanullah Khan's kingdom as the golden era of Afghanistan, which is right. He gathered modern thinking people such as, Mahmood Tarzi, Wali Mohammad Khan Darwazi, Queen Suraya his wife, and Mr Dawi. We should solve our problems with the Taliban. Pakistan established Taliban to remove those who were with division of Pashtunistan.

Tribal leaders and Pashtun Nationalists are being killed by Taliban and today instead of tribal leaders Taliban Mullahs are ruling Swat, Bajaur, Orakzai, Mohmand Agency and North Waziristan. These areas are being controlled by Mullah Hafiz Gul Bahadur Khan, Mullah Nazir, Mullah Rahmani, Hakimullah Mehsoud, Mullah Ehsanullah Ehsan, Mullah Faqir Mohammad and Mullah Fazelullah. They implement the provisions of Islam according to their own interests. They behead people and amputate hands misusing Islam. Extremist mullahs and nationalists destroyed communities; Taliban's ideology is to impose their own version of Islam rules on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Khurasan, and Middle East. There is no doubt that Taliban are fighting or negotiating to gain power. I can't understand how Mr Spanta said that if Taliban are involved in government he will feel ashamed before the history.

The main point is to talk about borders with Pakistan, these may not solve all the problems but solving the border issues could be very important. Pakistan's protest may not be becauseof the death of 24 soldiers, it may have messages like Durand line is the redline for Islamabad, crossing that line could have any kind of consequences.

After the assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, President Karzai realised that the side to talk with is Pakistan, this discovery is better than discovery by Mr Spanta. President Karzai has recognised his side to negotiate with.

Mr Spanta must realise that Afghanistan is facing Pakistan not a small number of Taliban, they called the government of Afghanistan a "puppet" regime, but the truth is that Taliban are the servants of ISI. The US will never change the strategy and the geography of war.

As you all know Afghanistan's defence minister is sleeping all the time due to his old age, his working hours start at ten o'clock in the morning and ends at two o'clock in the afternoon as organised by his aides.

Our Security Forces are not capable enough to change the geography of war, instead of changing the geography of war think about negotiations with Pakistan and recognise the vital issues.

Don't be afraid to share your findings with Pakistan, accept the realities, wishing will not solve the problems of Afghanistan. Don't be just happy by saying on TV that Taliban are murderers of Afghan people. It's not a new discovery.

Mohammad Natiqi is the Former Afghan Ambassador to Libya and a political analyst.

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