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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's government reaffirmed support Sunday for possible talks with its Taliban foes, but demanded full explanations on how the group was allowed to raise its flag in Qatar and display other symbols that have stalled the U.S.-led effort. The ongoing dispute over the Taliban compound in Doha — which the Afghan government said appeared as something akin to an embassy in exile instead of a political outpost when it opened — underscore the extreme difficulties in just trying to launch dialogue after nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan. On Sunday, Taliban spokesman, Shaheen Suhail, reasserted the Islamic movement's dismay over the controversy and made it clear that the Taliban had made no offers or concessions following U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's warning a day earlier that their newly opened office could be forced to close if the spat remained unresolved. The Afghan peace process, which has made little headway since it began several years ago, is hobbled by distrust among the major players, with the Taliban steadfastly refusing to talk to the Afghan government. While talks with the Taliban remained stalled, there are signs of increasing efforts to get them back on track. U.S.-backed talks broke down nearly two years ago in a dispute over the release of five Taliban detainees held in U.S. custody at a military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. With Afghan presidential elections and the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops looming in 2014, the long-stalled Afghan peace process has taken on added urgency. The Taliban have refused to negotiate with Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, saying the U.S. holds effective control in Afghanistan, but the Americans are hoping to pave the way for talks between the two sides to begin before pulling out most of its forces. Militants, meanwhile, persisted with their campaign of violence. A roadside bomb killed seven Afghan national policemen around midday in the central province of Oruzgan, said district official Faiz Mohammad. Two foreign troops also were killed in roadside bomb attacks Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led coalition announced, without providing further details. The Obama administration said last week that the talks would begin with bilateral meetings between the Americans and Taliban representatives 'in a few days,' then eventually extend to include the Afghan government. However, the Taliban's use of its old flag and a sign bearing the name of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which the movement used during its five-year rule that ended in 2001 with the U.S.-led invasion, at Tuesday's office opening in the Qatari capital brought sharp complaints across all party lines in Afghanistan. The main U.S. envoy trying to spearhead the talks, James Dobbins, met with Qatari officials in Doha and planned to travel to Kabul on Monday in apparent bids at shuttle diplomacy. Kerry used a stop in Qatar on Saturday to urge the Taliban to make good faith efforts to open talks and begin what he called the "difficult" road ahead. He also warned the Taliban may have to close their office if they don't negotiate in good faith. Under pressure from Qatar, the Taliban lowered the flag and removed the sign. In comments made hours before Kerry arrived in Doha on Saturday, Suhail had urged all sides to try to move the peace process forward and said negotiations were the way to a peaceful end to the conflict in his homeland. He said members of the Islamic movement are still having an internal discussion over whether to keep the flag lowered and rename their office the "Political Bureau of the Taliban Afghan in Doha," approved by both the U.S. and Qataris prior to Tuesday's official opening. Security was boosted at the office on Sunday, but there were no apparent signs of meetings or other diplomatic activity, and no flag was visible from the street. Suhail said in a telephone call on Sunday that the Taliban had been ready for talks with the United States followed by a dialogue involving all Afghan groups. He did not say what the Taliban thinking was as a result of the latest flap. However he made it clear that the Taliban have not changed their position on the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan nor have they offered to allow foreign troops after 2014. "Any side in the negotiations can bring their items to the table. Once talks start the Americans are free to bring their items to be discussed and we are free to bring our items to be discussed," said Suhail. "We have not said anything about foreign troops. Everyone, the American and Taliban side, are free to bring to the table whatever negotiation points they want." Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai said Sunday that Karzai's government remains willing to send a peace delegation to Doha to negotiate with the Taliban — but only after it receives explanations over the office opening and assurances that the site does not suggest a diplomatic revival by the Taliban. "The Afghan government remains fully committed to pursuing a process of peace negotiations with the armed opposition, including the Taliban, but within the confines of the conditions and the principles and the assurances that we have established," Mosazai told reporters in Kabul. Karzai also suspended negotiations with the U.S. over a security agreement that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 as he demanded that the offending sign and flag be removed. Both the U.S. and the Qataris said the Taliban had agreed on the pre-approved name but violated the pact at the ribbon cutting ceremony. In an emailed statement Sunday, however, Taliban spokesman Muhammad Naeem said the use of the flag and name was "done with the agreement of the Qatari government." "The statement which states that by using the name and raising the flag, the Islamic Emirate somehow violated an agreement... is completely false," Naeem said in an English-language statement. The Qatari government had no immediate response. The Afghan spokesman Mosazai said, however, that Afghanistan is still waiting for a full explanation from Washington and guarantees the Taliban will not attempt to revert to its formal name again. He also suggested that after "initial contacts" between the Taliban and the United States, the Afghan government expects to lead official peace talks and would push to move them to Afghanistan. The U.S. has already assured Karzai that the Taliban's use of its formal name and flag was in violation of agreements made in preparation for the opening of the office and that it was not acceptable, the Western official in Kabul said. He also emphasized that idea has always been the idea that peace talks would be led by Afghans with other countries simply involved as facilitators. In Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Araghchi dismissed the U.S. role in peace talks, saying only negotiations among Afghan factions can help stabilize the country. "Talks with a role by foreigners will not bear any fruit," he said. Iran once considered the Taliban an enemy, but relations have improved as Tehran expanded its influence in Afghanistan over the past decade.
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काठमाडौं । अफगानिस्तानको जलालबाद शहरमा राष्ट्रिय झण्डाको समर्थनमा उत्रिएका प्रदर्शनकारीमाथि तालिबानले गो’ली चलाएको छ । बुधबार जलालबादमा कार्यालयहरुमा तालिबानको सट्टामा राष्ट्रिय झण्डा राख्नुपर्ने माग गर्दै प्रदर्शन भएको थियो । तर, प्रदर्शनमा उत्रिएका मानिसहरुमाथि तालिबानका लडाकूले गो’ली चलाएको स्थानीय समाचार एजेन्सी पाज्झोक अफगान न्युजले जनाएको छ । तालिबानका लडाकूले आन्दोलनको कभरेज दिइरहेका पत्रकारलाई पनि कुटपिट गरेका थिए । सामाजिक सञ्जालमा शेयर गरिएको भिडियोमा सयभन्दा धेरै मानिसहरु राष्ट्रिय झण्डा बोकेर प्रदर्शनमा उत्रिएको देख्न सकिन्छ भने पृष्ठभूमिमा गोली चलिरहेको आवाज सुन्न सकिन्छ । उक्त घटनामा कसैलाई गो’ली लागेको नलागेको भन्ने खुल्न सकेको छैन । यसअघि मंगलबार अफगानिस्तानका महिलाहरुले आफूहरुको अधिकार रक्षाको माग गर्दै आन्दोलन गरेका थिए । सामाजिक सञ्जालमा देखिएको भिडियोमा महिलाहरुले आफ्नो अधिकार, सामाजिक सुरक्षा, काम गर्ने, शिक्षा तथा राजनीतिक सहभागिताको अधिकार माग गरिरहेको देख्न सकिन्छ । अगष्ट १५ मा तालिबानले अफगानिस्तानलाई आफ्नो कब्जामा लिएपछि पहिलोपटक तालिबानविरुद्ध अफगानिस्तानमा प्रदर्शन भएको हो । अहिले कैयौं अफगानी नागरिक मुलुक छाडेर भागिसकेका छन् भने धेरै मानिसहरु बाहिरिने प्रतीक्षामा विमानस्थलमा छन् । तालिबानले सत्ता कब्जा गरिरहँदा किन मौन रह्यो अफगान सेना ५ अगस्टमा जब तालिबानी विद्रोही अफगानिस्तानको राजधानी काबुल छिर्न थाले, राष्ट्रपति असरफ घानीले देश नै छाडेर भागे । केही रिपोर्टका अनुसार उनी ताजिकिस्तान पुगे भनिएको छ । कसैले उज्वेकिस्तान पुगेको दावी गरेका छन् । डेनमार्क, नर्वे, स्वीडेन, जर्मनी, अमेरिका लगायत धेरै देशले काबुलबाट आफ्ना दूतावास फिर्ता गर्न थालेका छन् । आम नागरिकका लागि भने काबुल विमानस्थल एकै ठाउँ बाँकी थियो । जहाँबाट मानिसहरु विदेश भाग्न सक्थे । तर अहिले त्यो ठाउँ पनि सर्वसाधारणका लागि बन्द गरिएको छ । सेनाको भूमिकाः अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडेनले दावी गरेका थिए कि, अफगानिस्तानमा जम्मा ८५ हजार लडाकु छन् । र ३ लाख सैनिक छन् । जसले गर्दा लडाकुलाई सेनाले सजिलै हराउन सक्छ भनेर ठोकुवा गरेका थिए । तर ठीक विपरीत, सेनाले तालिबान विद्रोहीका लागि सजिलै सत्ता खाली भने गरिदियो । बाइडेनले केहीअघि मात्रै कुनै हालतमा तालिबानले नजित्ने दावी गरेका थिए । तर अमेरिकी जासूसीका अनुसार २ देखि ४ महिनाभित्रै तालिबानले सत्ता कब्जा गर्नेछ भनिएको थियो । त्यसको केही सातामै अगस्टमा तालिबानले सत्ता कब्जा गरिदियो । तर पनि अफगान सेनाले तालिबानविरुद्ध कुनै जवाफी हमला वा प्रतिक्रिया केही किन दिन सकेन वा चाहेन ? तालिबान राजधानी काबुल छिरिरहँदा के त्यहाँ सेनाको उपस्थिति नै थिएन ? तालिबानले सत्ता कब्जा गर्न सक्नुको पछाडि सेनाले तालिबानमाथि कुनै प्रतिक्रिया दिएको थिएन । तर यसको पनि खास कारण थियो । अशरफ घानीले देश छाडेर जाँदै गर्दा फेसबुक पेजमा आफू कुनै रक्तपात नहोस् भन्ने चाहेकाले शान्तिपूर्ण रुपमा देश छाडेर भागेको बताएका थिए । तर यसको यथार्थ अर्कै थियो । कारण के भने, भ्रष्टाचार, अनियमितता, अनैतिक नेतृत्व । कुशासन जस्ता कारणले गर्दा अफगान सेनाको अघि राष्ट्रपति घानी अलोकप्रिय बनिसकेका थिए । घानी अफगान सेनाका लागि एक धोकेवाजको रुपमा चिनिएका थिए । अमेरिकामा डोनल्ड ट्रम्प राष्ट्रपति छँदा अफगान सरकारले अमेरिकामा गएर शान्ति वार्तामा हस्ताक्षर गरेको थियो । जुन कुरा अफगान सेनाका लागि एक गम्भीर धोका थियो । लज्जाको विषय थियो । आफ्नो देशको सेना हुँदाहुँदै विदेशीको भूमिमा गएर आफ्नै सरकारले पीठ पछाडिबाट लात हानेर सेनाको वास्ता नगरिकन वार्ता गर्छ भने त्यो गम्भीर धोका हो भन्ने धारण अफगान सेनाको थियो । सेनाले भनेको थियो कि, हाम्रो दुश्मनसँग हाम्रै पछाडि गएर वार्ता गरेर हस्ताक्षर गर्नसक्ने सरकार विदेशीका लागि काम गरेको छ । अर्को कारण थियो कि, जब अमेरिकी जो बाइडेन सरकारले अमेरिकी सेनालाई फिर्ता लैजान थाल्यो, यो त अफगान सेनाका लागि झनै हिनताबोध गराउने लज्जास्पद घटना थियो । अफगान सेनालाई लाग्यो कि, अब तालिबानसँग कसरी भीडन्त गर्न सकिएला र ? खासमा तालिबानसँग लड्नुपर्ने बेलामा अमेरिकी सेना फिर्ता गइदिँदा अफगान सेना थप चिढिएको थियो । त्यसो त, त्यसअघि नै राष्ट्रपति घानी अमेरिका पुगेर सेना फिर्ताको निर्णय गरेका थिए । जवकि, त्यस निर्णयको विरोध सेना सहित धेरैले गरेका थिए । तालिबानले भने सेनाविरुद्ध एक मनोवैज्ञानिक रणनीति पनि अपनाएको थियो । तालिबानले सेनाहरुलाई एक चिठी पठाउन थाल्यो र भन्यो कि, तिमीहरु हामीविरुद्ध लड्दैनौ भने हामी तिमीहरुलाई जिउँदै छाड्नेछौँ । र तिमीहरुको परिवारलाई पनि केही गर्दैनौँ । तर यदी हाम्रो विरुद्ध लड्न आयौ भने तिम्रा परिवारलाई छाड्नेछैनौँ भनेर धम्कीपूर्ण सन्देश पठाउन थाले । किनकि, महिला तथा युवतीका लागि तालिबानहरु ज्यादै क्रुरतापूर्ण व्यवहार गर्छन् भन्ने मान्यता छ । यतिन्जेल तालिबानले विवाहका लागि युवतीहरुलाई अपहरण गर्न थालेको भन्ने जस्ता समाचार उनीहरुले सार्वजनिक गर्न थालिसकेका थिए । तर अहिले अवस्था फेरियो । तालिबानी प्रवक्ताले महिलाहरुलाई स्वतन्त्रता दिने बताएका छन् । महिलाहरु सार्वजनिक स्थलमा एक्लै हिँड्न सक्ने स्कुल जान सक्ने तर बुर्का लगाउनुपर्ने तालिबानले बताउन थालेको छ । खासमा महिला अधिकार दिने उनीहरुले भनेका छन् । यतिमात्रै नभएर कुनै पनि निष्पक्ष मिडियाले आफूहरुको आलोचना समेत गर्न सक्ने तालिबानले जनाएको छ । अमेरिकी रणनीति सफलः अमेरिकी विदेशमन्त्रीले भने हालै अफगानिस्तानमा अमेरिकी मिसन सफल भएको दावी गरे । २० वर्षअघि अफगानिस्तानमा अमेरिकाले सेना पठाउनुको कारण ९/११ हमलाको बदला लिनका लागि थियो । जुन सफल भएको छ । यदी ९/११ का दुश्मनविरुद्ध मात्रै यो मिसन थियो भने २०११ म ओसामा बिन लादेनको ह’त्यापछि पनि अमेरिका किन अफगानिस्तानमा बसिरह्यो त ? यो प्रश्न चाहिँ उठिरहेको छ । २०१९ को अनुसन्धानले के देखाउँछ भने अमेरिकाले ९/११ हमलापछि मध्यपूर्वमा युद्धमा मात्रै ६ दशमलब ४ ट्रिलियन डलर खर्च गर्यो । र ८ लाख मानिस मारिसकेका थिए । र यो सबै अमेरिकी करदाताले संकलन गरेको पैसा थियो ।