Personally, I wasn't expecting anything great from a bunch of barbarians like these . Now Mr. Ahmad, could you tell me how exactly are the people of Afghanistan supposed to make a joint consensus about how to run their country? I am referring to the inter-tribal and ethnic tensions that are almost legendary from Afghanistan. Your country is comprised of at least 4 different communities: Afghan Persians, Pashtuns, Hazaras and Uzbeks, each of them claiming to be the "actual Afghans".
Everything you said above is true. But lets make a differentiatioin between aid/help and fueling war and terrorism in the country. if the countries and international community is helping the gov to establish bases for the better future then that is someghing else, we shouldnt mix these 2 things. for example those NGOs being busy in the country is also of foreign origin, but they only help people, or countries/the UN which are helping in local and general eletion is also something we need,. no complain about that.
The concept of democratic system of elections however imposed it might be from international community, I am sure you'll agree is a lot better than Taliban's brutal autocracy. The current strife continues to be there between the internal tribes and the aforementioned communities in Afghanistan.
peace and a stable gov which respects the well of people cannot be brought by us, we simply cant do it. we need outside help under the mandate of the UN. that is what everybody wants and nobody rejects it, but the taliban? which sane persoan would want them? yes, they can lay their weapons down and act like the citizens of the country instead of killing their own people and sevring the interests of the others, in this case nobody will have any objection against them, they can make their point(if they have any?) politically.
The borders of Afghanistan are currently held strong only because of the international forces maintaining their presence in your country. From what I have gathered in this forum, I hear of your president Hamid Karzai as a corrupt man. Now picture this volatile mix for once: a corrupt government, a national military in its infancy, country run-over by terrorist organizations, a bunch of barbarians fighting tooth and nail for re-establishing their maniacal ideas once again, porous borders, weak economy, very limited and low rate of civil education within the country.
this is the problem with a country which hasent seen anything but war for the last 30 years. the country has been flooded with weapons from everywhere. nobody can expect anything better than that. but lets hope something good comes out of it in the future.
Now tell me how exactly do you propose Afghans in such a situation to decide what is good for them? All of them are not aware of Democracy's benefits, the country has a severe limitation of infrastructure that most of international community is helping build. The military of Afghanistan is too weak as compared to the Taliban and their backers whoever they might be. There is still a certain level of needless over-conservatism in the name of culture which becomes the weak spot for Taliban and the likes to come an exploit.
trust me they know the benefits of democracy, they headed to polling stations despite all the threats of suicide bombings and attacks. they might be poor and illetrate, but they know it is good to have democracy, it was the taliban who were making their lives difficult in some parts of the south not to vote, in kabul, central, eastern, nothern and westen part of the country there were large ques in polling station. and yes, there are huge problems, no denial about that.
In this case, you might want to consider retaining the International forces in your borders because once they leave, it would mean pressing the reset button from what started 8 years ago and I assure you that no country is strong enough to first break all the supply lines into Afghanistan and once again is forced to return, re-making everything it dismantled before leaving.
i believe majority of people wouldnt want the international forces to leave the country prematurely and hand over things to the taliban, that would be the last thing if people will think of. they simply want peace and stable country, and that can be achieved with strong efforts of the UN and international community to do this, not for the peoople of afghanistna but for themsleves.
