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Afghanistan may collapse once again to the insurgents, despite government promises of peace, and new technology inventions at stake
2021-06-14
[KhaamaPress] As I am writing this Op-Ed as a 28-year-old Afghan man, I am focused on the real issues affecting political reality both in Afghanistan and elsewhere as the time for military pull-out nears. I am based in Canada while writing this article and have personally talked with political and tribal leaders to hear their concerns. I share some of their views in this op-ed article.

Once the Afghan people were living in fear, but now, more and more young people in Afghanistan around my age and even younger are using technology since the invention of Facebook and Google came about. They don’t want to return to the dark days. These youths are quick learners as well than most Western thinks about their culture and society values. Yes, even under the democratic government, some women are still beaten, and girls are still married at a young age.

To keep up with the current situation in Afghanistan, these young people use technology on daily basis. They like to watch the news, talk with friends and family, and now study online too as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The good thing is that technology and telecom businesses are booming in major parts of the country such as Kabul, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Kandahar, and Jalalabad cities. Afghan people are willing to spend money on the internet and phone instead of paying for expensive food or clothes, even though electricity is still scarce.

Afghanistan people may further benefit from real peace after 44 years of war and some achievements on the peace front. The world would also benefit because more regions would be connected to Afghanistan which is the main route to China, Pakistain, Iran, India, and Russia.

The majority of people in Afghanistan are dependent on each other — the same way the US is dependent on China for cheaper goods, and Canada on the US. But for Afghanistan, the only problem is Pakistain for example when the border is closed, food prices rise.

Fighting continues in many parts of the country to this day since 2001 between the forces of Evil and Afghan army. Despite Coronavirus’s third wave spreading, fighting has not stopped.

The US and the government have promised peace to the Afghan people, and they are currently working on delivering this promise. Canada pulled out from the war many years ago after realizing there would be no gains. Canada took the right step at the time to leave the conflict behind. But during the last few conferences held on Afghanistan’s grinding of the peace processor, we did not see any positive change on the battleground. The Afghan government is clearly lacking a real plan for the durable and lasting grinding of the peace processor.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact...
the President of America, Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem mschine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family...
has called for all troops to withdraw from the war-torn country by the end of this year, a deal that enforces between the insurgency and US administration.

While Afghanistan started to be part of and accept the Western vision, for example, the current president is more Western enthusiast, however, this vision will not be fully achieved. This is because American forces are leaving the Afghan people this year to very little. They are taking out all their airplanes and vehicles, and weapons only to station them in Pakistain. President Joe Biden
...... 46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body.......
has called for American forces to pull out by the end of September of this year.

On the ground, progress has already been made like the Afghan government trying to create a better life for the civilians, but this is all now at stake. Billions of US dollars spent on development efforts such as schools, hospitals and other infrastructure will be wasted when the troops pull out.

A clear plan for durable peace is needed right now to save Afghanistan from collapsing and safeguard all the gains.

Meladul Haq Ahmadzai is the CEO of Taleam Systems, a company he founded in 2011 with a mission to provide computer services at affordable prices. The word Taleam means education in Arabic. The business is partnered with technology giants such as Microsoft, Intel, Lenovo and Malwarebytes.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  no plan will help if the Taliban wants to take over and if the Taliban have enough believers....and an unchallenged base of operations from Pakistan.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-14 15:36  

#8  people still believe they can plan their way out of trouble

The Texas bank robbers' credo: "Plan's just a list a things ain't gonna happen..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-06-14 15:22  

#7  Meladul Haq Ahmadzai needs to have a meaningful discussion with the head of Taliban Systems.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-06-14 14:07  

#6  
The 'government' are half educated pansies who want to ride that ever giving gravy train called constitutional democracy , but lack the wherewithal to enforce it on pashtuns. The taliban are trained and rugged fighters with no fear and unlimited hate for interlopers and well intentioned idiots. There was never any contest, it's only a matter of delaying the inevitable.

Most importantly, both sides are horribly, irretrievably radical sunni moslems, so no one can really do anything much for Afghanistan, unless giving well-equipped moslem militaries to the world is your thing.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-14 13:26  

#5  Who cares, after 20 years they have zero desire to become a functional nation. Put a fence around it, crater the runways, and when they get crazy, bomb them back to the stone age where they are comfortable. Then go home and drink beer.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2021-06-14 13:20  

#4  Sometimes the plain wisdom of the past should be heeded and respected. The human experience and sophistication is not negated by the lack of modern technology. I blame Bush for his stupidity in deciding to not just slaughter Al-Qaida and leave a wasteland as a cautionary tale, but instead to moronically presume America could fix the graveyard of Empires. Twenty years and two trillion dollars later, we are leaving and pretending some illusions make it all ok.
Kipling said it best GW,
Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East."
Solo from Libretto of Naulahka
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-06-14 12:45  

#3  "...A clear plan for durable peace is needed right now..."

people still believe they can plan their way out of trouble

no plan will help if the Taliban wants to take over and if the Taliban have enough believers
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-06-14 10:58  

#2  Afghanistan may will collapse once again to the insurgents, despite government promises of peace, and new technology inventions at stake

...FTFY.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-06-14 10:57  

#1   I am focused on the real issues affecting political reality both in Afghanistan and elsewhere... I am based in Canada while writing this article

Yep, pretty much nailed it.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-14 09:13  

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