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It is unfortunate to witness so many baseless assumptions and conspiracy theories on this entire thread; most absurd of these assumptions is that there is “oil in the Northern Afghanistan that we are apparently after.” Give it a rest, even the “Iraq for Oil” conspiracy theorists have stopped bringing that one up. Also, I would like to point out a few facts that would probably help put in perspective this question of losing or winning the war. In order to determine that, we have to first identify and acknowledge what the goal of the United States was in Afghanistan. First, as we have said before, eradicating the opium cultivation, eradicating the Taliban, raising the living standard of every Afghan, were never our goals. So why would these be a determining factor? Our goal in Afghanistan was to dismantle and disrupt a terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, who was being harbored by the Taliban.
Second, we need to stop spreading blatant lies such as “USA is filling its pockets by drug market” and “stability of the region is not in the interest of West”; these are lies and conspiracy theories, there is no proof for these just based empty accusations launched by our enemy propagandists. Third, you do realize that we are aiming for the BSA Agreement for a reason, right? If we had plans to abandon Afghanistan, why would we want a security agreement? We are, and have been, working diligently with our Coalition forces and the Afghans themselves, not only in reconstruction efforts but also in training and equipping different sectors of the government and military so that they would gradually be able to function without assistance from anyone. We have to understand that Afghanistan is not going to transform overnight or even in a short span of time one cannot reverse the damages of over three decades of war and complete economic depletion. The Taliban had sent Afghanistan and the Afghans back to the Stone Ages. For progress to take a solid shape time and persistence is required, which the Afghan people are showcasing. I have previously shared a list of statistical data ( Quality of Life) showing how much progress Afghanistan has made after the fall of Taliban and the resurrection of the new government chosen by the Afghan people. Afghanistan has the support of the entire international community, including Muslim countries, who understand that the only people claiming this as a holy war are the terrorists who want to recruit brainwashed people into committing suicide attacks.
Haroon Ahmad
DET – U.S. Central Command
www.facebook.com/centcomurdu
Second, we need to stop spreading blatant lies such as “USA is filling its pockets by drug market” and “stability of the region is not in the interest of West”; these are lies and conspiracy theories, there is no proof for these just based empty accusations launched by our enemy propagandists. Third, you do realize that we are aiming for the BSA Agreement for a reason, right? If we had plans to abandon Afghanistan, why would we want a security agreement? We are, and have been, working diligently with our Coalition forces and the Afghans themselves, not only in reconstruction efforts but also in training and equipping different sectors of the government and military so that they would gradually be able to function without assistance from anyone. We have to understand that Afghanistan is not going to transform overnight or even in a short span of time one cannot reverse the damages of over three decades of war and complete economic depletion. The Taliban had sent Afghanistan and the Afghans back to the Stone Ages. For progress to take a solid shape time and persistence is required, which the Afghan people are showcasing. I have previously shared a list of statistical data ( Quality of Life) showing how much progress Afghanistan has made after the fall of Taliban and the resurrection of the new government chosen by the Afghan people. Afghanistan has the support of the entire international community, including Muslim countries, who understand that the only people claiming this as a holy war are the terrorists who want to recruit brainwashed people into committing suicide attacks.
Haroon Ahmad
DET – U.S. Central Command
www.facebook.com/centcomurdu
To be really honest , what concerns me most is the situation of Pakistan post NATO withdrawal , leaving the success or failure analysis for either side , Taliban aren't going to get the throne of Kabul this time having managed to lose their only ally and the Yanks never visited that country to stabilize the region . Regardless of what many seem to believe , the situation isn't going to magically improve here somehow when the coalition departs . The Afghan Taliban and their Pakistani counterparts will join hand once there is relatively low resistance in Afghanistan and they can divert resources and man power easily to other side , they are more or less one and same , the ideology , mindset , practices and thought patterns all match , the condemnation statement from Afghan Taliban after Mehsud's death and constant help from other side of the Khyber Pass is a testimony of that . Now imagine what happens after 2014 , the West will lose all interest in this region just like what happened after the Soviet withdrawal , which means there would be little interest and by extension little help to the state of Pakistan . The law and order situation will further deteriorate if its not worse already , the crippled economy isn't going to have the O2 of peace anytime soon . Already , the state is all ready to surrender to the terrorist by the look of it - the talks at any and all costs . This is going to get very tough for our country here , the Muslim brotherhood will not help Islamabad , you have to fight this new war alone . The radicalized population will also not help , the monsters we created during the so called Jihad in Afghanistan are coming back to haunt us again . I see little hope with such weak military and political leadership . It even might get too late if the same indecisiveness continues , now this is scary , but this is the reality on ground . Act against them now or lament it forever , we cant find a common ground with terrorists , it amounts to giving up the freedom , writ of the state and sovereignty and all that we stand for . Only through understanding can there be recovery .
