Tag: 2021 Taliban offensive

Good luck with that.

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Both parties honored the terms of the prisoner exchange deal, and the Taliban refrained from attacking US targets, so I’m hopeful they’ll continue to remain committed to the peace process. It’s time for America to leave.

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Declare peace and leave.

U.S. envoy hopes for peace deal with Taliban in 2019: media

The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan hopes to cement a peace deal with Taliban …

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-us-afghanistan-taliban/us-envoy-hopes-for-peace-deal-with-taliban-in-2019-media-idUSKCN1NN0CL

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You’re not going to kill every last member of the Taliban. They are part of the social fabric of the country. That would require a genocide of a good percentage of the Pashtun population.

“US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells has said that she has been told by her friends in the Afghan government that the Taliban are part of the social fabric of Afghanistan, and believe in the nationhood of country.”

Taliban are a part of the social fabric of Afghanistan, Kabul tells US diplomat – The Express Tribune

Alice Wells says ultimate solution to Afghan conflict lies in a political resolution, not on military battlefield

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1638116/3-taliban-part-social-fabric-afghanistanus-diplomat-told-kabul/

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The Taliban response to An Open Letter to the Taliban by Barnett R. Rubin in The New Yorker. —

Dear Barnett R. Rubin

Thank you for reaching out to us. We have read your reply however would like to point towards a few crucial points you missed.

– If your country (United States of America) were occupied by us, its land and airspace were usurped and many American citizens were killed in their sleep by our forces every day, it is entirely plausible that you would not have the same views as you hold today, therefore it is hoped you will remain pragmatic.

– Our country has been occupied which has led to an American style supposed Afghan government being imposed upon us. And your view that we talk to them and accept their legitimacy is the same formula adopted by America to win the war.

– You have said that we supposedly killed civilians in our martyrdom attacks. This should give us a pause because a war is raging, most of the civilians are being killed by the operations and bombardments of your forces and even if we were to accept that our operations also cause civilian casualties, then answer us, what has compelled us carry out such attacks? Perhaps you also remember that we lost one and a half million Afghans in our war for independence against the Soviet Union, however we endured all these hardships for the greater cause of attaining freedom from invasion.

– You ask us not miss opportunities. We have not lost opportunities but cannot frame plots as opportunities either. The Kabul Process and other such efforts seek surrender from the Islamic Emirate at a time when the Islamic Emirate is without a doubt a force that has defeated an international arrogant power like America with all its allies and tools at disposal. So do you believe such a proposal is logical?

– You state that the Kabul government should be recognized because it is also recognized by the entire world!!!?

In 2001, the entire world also agreed with, supported and accepted the American invasion of our country, so should we also have accepted the invasion?

Moreover during the Soviet occupation of our country, majority of the world including the United Nations officially accepted and recognized the Kabul regime as legitimate. So would it have been reasonable for the Afghan resistance of the time to follow suit?

– The main issue as it stands is that the entire world probably fears America, however we do not fear America. We have weighed America and have gained tremendous experience from fighting against her. America does not hold the right of determining the nature and type of governments in other countries. If you hold similar views then that is perhaps because you are an American citizen however no free human being can ever allow such audacity and interferences.

The crux of the matter is, what is the vital concern of America, is it really terrorism?

Or is it extracting the mineral wealth of Afghanistan, imposing a self-styled government, preventing establishment of an Islamic system and pursuing imperial ambitions in the region from this land?

If it is the former, then we are sincerely committed to resolving it. We do not wish to interfere in the affairs of others and neither do we seek conflict with anyone including the United States. Our repeated letters to the American administration, people and congress were for this exact same purpose.

But if it is the later, then understand that this nation is unlike other nations which America has currently subdued, exploited their resources, are pursuing imperial ambitions inside them and are directly interfering in their internal affairs. In such circumstances, we do not care about America, neither do we want to talk nor end resistance nor will we get tired. Then it is up to American analysts like you to keep score of the losses, whom suffers the most and whom loses in the end?

Regards

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-open-letter-to-the-taliban

Dear Barnett R. Rubin Thank you for reaching out to us. We have read your reply however would lik… – justpaste.it

Thank you for reaching out to us. We have read your reply however would like to point towards a few crucial points you missed.

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The United States presence in Afghanistan is a welfare program for the corrupt Afghan government officials. The path to redemption for Afghanistan lies through personal responsibility and self ownership of the country. Throwing more good money after “sunk cost” bad money feeds the corruption, creates more dependency, attracts more terrorists, and helps nobody.

“The United States government has invested more than $160 million since 2009 on a failed program to combat the endemic corruption that continues to plague one of the largest revenue sources for the Afghan government, the cash-based system to collect customs duties on goods entering Afghanistan, reveals a U.S. watchdog agency.”

“For years, Afghanistan has failed to collect enough revenue to meet its budgetary obligations, relying heavily on donor support, primarily the United States, which alone has devoted an estimated $714 billion to the Afghan war since it began in October 2001.”

““Afghanistan’s projected domestic revenues for the current fiscal year [2017] are only expected to account for about 38 percent of the Afghan government’s budgeted costs, with donors (of which the U.S. government is the largest) providing the remaining 62 percent,” points out the inspector general.”

Report: U.S. Wasted $160 Million to Improve Afghanistan’s Corrupt Customs Payment System – Breitbart

The United States government has invested more than $160 million since 2009 on a failed program to combat endemic corruption in Afghanistan.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/22/report-u-s-wasted-160-million-to-improve-afghanistan-corrupt-customs-payment-system/

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Donald Trump has offered retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn the job of national security advisor.

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“Retired Army Gen. Mike Flynn, a top intelligence official in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says in a forthcoming interview on Al Jazeera English that the drone war is creating more terrorists than it is killing. He also asserts that the U.S. invasion of Iraq helped create the Islamic State and that U.S. soldiers involved in torturing detainees need to be held legally accountable for their actions.”

“In the interview with Al Jazeera presenter Mehdi Hasan, set to air July 31, the former three star general says: “When you drop a bomb from a drone … you are going to cause more damage than you are going to cause good.” Pressed by Hasan as to whether drone strikes are creating more terrorists than they kill, Flynn says, “I don’t disagree with that.” He describes the present approach of drone warfare as “a failed strategy.””

“In the upcoming interview, Flynn says that the invasion of Iraq was a strategic mistake that directly contributed to the rise of the extremist group the Islamic State. “We definitely put fuel on a fire,” he told Hasan. “Absolutely … there’s no doubt, I mean … history will not be kind to the decisions that were made certainly in 2003.””

“Earlier this year, Flynn commended the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture, saying that torture had eroded American values and that in time, the U.S. “will look back on it, and it won’t be a pretty picture.””

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“An internal Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) document produced recently shows that the U.S. knew that the actions of “the West, Gulf countries and Turkey” in Syria might create a terrorist group like ISIS and an Islamic caliphate.”

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/08/u-s-defense-intelligence-agency-head-it-was-a-willful-decision-by-america-to-support-an-insurgency-that-had-salafists-al-qaeda-and-the-muslim-brotherhood.html

[Flynn] I don’t know that they turned a blind eye, I think it was a decision. I think it was a willful decision.
[Interviewer] A willful decision to support an insurgency that had Salafists, Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood?
[Flynn] It was a willful decision to do what they’re doing.

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“If the situation unravels there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared salafist principality in Eastern Syria (Hasaka an Der Zor), and that is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.”

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ISIS-2.jpg

Retired General: Drones Create More Terrorists Than They Kill, Iraq War Helped Create ISIS

Retired Army Gen. Mike Flynn, a top intelligence official in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says in a forthcoming interview on Al Jazeera English that drones do more harm than good.

https://theintercept.com/2015/07/16/retired-general-drones-create-terrorists-kill-iraq-war-helped-create-isis/

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“We don’t negotiate with terrorists” … 12 years and 635 billion dollars later … was it worth it?

Taliban and US to meet for peace talks

Thee United States will talks for the first time with the Taliban leaders they ousted from power 12 years ago.The first meeting could take place as early as …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9SGHud_TtNM

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