By: Jinsar Ali, Student of BSIR at Iqra University Islamabad
\nSadly, since the Soviet invasion of 1979 in Afghanistan, the country has been blighted by
\ncivil wars and political unrests, which rampaged human and material losses bluntly. The
\nUS bestial engagement since the inception of the 21st century plunged the country into
\nmayhem and exacerbated the peace for a long time by snatching more than 30,000
\ncivilian lives, more than double to it leaving Afghan soldiers dead, with the worth of two
\ntrillion dollars approximately. \u201cThe greatest crime since World War II has been U.S.
\nforeign policy” said by Ramsey Clark. Since the end of the Second World War , the US
\nleft no stone unturned to hammer out its tutelage, either through its racketeering system
\nor by direct force. Surprisingly, it continued to bring about its influence in Asian
\ncontinent but its foreign policy has been repudiated in every part of this region due to
\ncultural, religious and ideological discrepancies. Left Vietnam in the lurch, hurled Iraq
\nin hot water, brought about Syria in a pickle, and more recently lurched Afghanistan
\nnowhere, are some of its vitriolic actions in which at the end it made off with, without
\ncarving a better tomorrow. However, its pretence of being utmost and strong adherent
\nto international order also unveiled when it’s leader’s tried to wash their hands by
\nhurling all mess on its own installed puppets in decades-long military confrontations.
\nThe fallout of Kabul to Taliban took aback the world, that tarnished the US image and
\nwill remain a notorious blot on its foreign policy. There could be several factors for the
\nUS hasty withdrawal but among them two stand out; either it only wants to contain
\nChina’s pervasive influence from the world as it explicitly started repudiating it’s
\nleading role, or soaring internal pressure caused to leave Afghanistan without a peaceful
\nreinstatement of power sharing of Taliban and government lead allies.
\nImportantly, Pakistan seemed to be rapturous for the Taliban especially since the PTI
\ncame into power, leadership explicitly expressed beatific sympathy on the evacuation of
\nUS-led NATO forces from Afghan soil. However, Islamabad will likely to expunct all
\nbarbarities done with the country and hopes that Taliban will also not act in reprisal on
\naccount of being a close ally of the US in War on Terror. How Kabul will react to the
\necstatic buoyancy of Islamabad is not far away but owing to the transmuted version of
\nTaliban they will navigate diplomatic options rather than formidable aggressiveness.
\nIslamabad’s optimistic approach towards the Taliban ought to obviate Indian ambition
\nof besmirching the country in sleaze activities by installing a pro-Pakistani regime in
\nAfghanistan after the expatriation of the pessimistic Ghani regime. Besides it, the
\nislamist adherent ideology of Taliban can help Islamabad to assuage the irredentisim of
\nAfghanistan over Pashtun territories by jacking up the religiosity over nationalist
\nidentity. Moreover, China’s tantalising contrivance intends to keep the Taliban away
\nfrom obnoxious pogroms and savagery of Uighur Muslims by coming close at the
\nearliest to clench Taliban\u2019s consolation. Because, the annoyance of the Taliban can halt
\nits economic unfolding through projects like CPEC due to Islamist based ideology. As the matter of Taliban is concerned, they are grappling economically and the world\u2019s
\nsecond largest economy probably would be the best opportunity to recuperate from the
\neconomic fragility and being the US competitor will ease diplomatic hurdles for them.
\nIran also has revitalised its relations with the Taliban and both have been devastated by
\nthe blistering policies of the US for a long time so this anti-americanism ideology is the
\nmajor source for maintaining amicable ties. This antipathy for America will be a
\nprerogative for both to winkle each other from bankruptcy. For India, the Taliban
\ntakeover is a matter of grave concern that hangs it in balance due to a number of
\nreasons. Firstly, it is sceptical about reverberation of \u2018Mujahidin\u2019 in Indian held Kashmir
\nthat would create discomfort for it by worsening the security situations. Secondly, India
\nhas remained a preeminent state in Afghanistan that played a key role in the revival of
\ndemocracy and infrastructure building during the US-led NATO presence in the
\ncountry, so it would result in diplomatic and economic defeats for India if Talibn will
\nstill remain on the back and call of Islamabad.
\nFor the World has a lot to learn, especially countries those which are fastened with civil
\nunrests, must awake itself from the dormancy and obduracy of power, you would not
\nreceive salvation from problems by any external entity, either they erode you or pull out
\nyour resources and at the end you will be hurled in a bewildering crisis of civil unrests
\nand conflicts, the world has several prototypes of Britain and the US in this cause,
\nPalestine, Vietnam and Afghanistan cases have buttressed the dereliction of so-called
\nsaviors. Unluckily, such countries had crippling internal instability which resulted in
\nabysmal exploitation. Currently, it’s neither going to be a plain sailing for the Taliban in
\nAfghanistan due to bankruptcy, the whereabouts of its foreign reservoirs are unknown,
\nthey have dire need of administrative and policy makers, and how they cope up the
\nchallenge of nation building and constructing consensus on power sharing will be an
\nacid taste for them in ensuing time. Indubitably, the Taliban has delivered a sensible
\nrole, now it’s time for the world to alter its disposition in sobering manner and especially
\nits regional states must shore it up economically before time runs out and they
\ncompelled to move towards the 1990’s sources of revenue generating then it will be very
\nhard to escape from the deleterious consequences of such extortionist methods for
\nentire region including Pakistan.
\nIslamabad should be prudent while carving out any move studiously regarding Afghan
\nmatter and must keep the Taliban to stick to its updated modality and should take
\nassurance of ostracizing of terrorist groups in order to avoid turbulent ferocity in future.
\nWhereas, whether the US has learned a lesson or not, it remains elusive due to its
\nschizophrenic aggressiveness in its attitude and having a colossal economic and military
\npower. For how long, the world will bear the brunt of US obnoxious actions depends on
\nthe efficacy of world law in bringing it to book<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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