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President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan announced on Monday the release of nearly three dozen Taliban prisoners in a bid to convince the reluctant terrorist group to engage in peace negotiations with Kabul. In a statement issued August 12, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s primary intelligence agency, revealed that Kabul set free 35 Taliban prisoners “as a gesture of goodwill.” “The release of these prisoners is a clear sign of the strong will of the government for peace and end to war”, the NDS declared, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency reports. President Ghani has released hundreds of Taliban narco-jihadis in recent months to convince the terrorist organization to engage in peace negotiations with Kabul, to no avail. In June, the Afghan government released 490 Taliban prisoners and is expected to release hundreds more in the coming months. Referring to the recent release of Taliban prisoners, Afghanistan’s Khaama Press (KP) notes, “The National Directorate of Security said it urges the released inmates not to be deceived by enemies and refrain from cooperation with the enemies of peace and stability of the country.” Taliban narco-jihadis have repeatedly rejected Kabul’s U.S.-backed offers of peace and legitimacy as a political group. Legitimacy would grant the Taliban the opportunity to return to power in Kabul. Soon after invading Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the U.S. removed the Taliban regime from power for harboring al-Qaeda. Under the potential U.S.-backed peace pact, Afghanistan could find itself in the same situation it was in when the war began — under Taliban rule. Only this time, U.S. nation-building funds could continue to flow into Afghanistan while the Taliban rules the country. The Taliban has repeatedly said it is fighting to establish a sharia-compliant Islamic emirate. Amid the peace negotiations, the Taliban continues to generate millions from trafficking and cultivating opium and its heroin derivative, some of which is fueling the deadly opioid crisis in the United States. It is unclear if U.S. peace negotiators are pushing the group to cut its ties to the opium trade. Under the previous U.S. administration, Taliban manpower and influence reached unprecedented levels. The group now controls or contests about half of Afghanistan, more than during any other time since U.S. troops removed it from power in late 2001. For over a year, the U.S. and the Taliban have been trying to negotiate a peace pact in Afghanistan. However, the narco-jihadi group continues to refuse to engage in discussions with the Ghani administration. Instead, he Taliban has stepped up attacks against U.S. troops as well as Afghan security forces and civilians during the peace negotiations. KP reports that President Ghani set free the 35 Taliban prisoners amid the Eid Al-Adha (“Festival of the Sacrifice”) Muslim holiday, noting, “The National Directorate of Security said in a statement that the directorate released 35 inmates based on a presidential decree which was issued on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha.” Ghani’s decision to release more Taliban prisoners came on the heels of the eighth round of U.S. talks with the terrorist group, which failed to produce an official peace pact. On Monday, Zalmay Khalilzad, the top U.S. negotiator, wrote on Twitter: We’ve concluded this round of talks that started Aug 3 between the US and the Taliban. Over the last few days, the two sides focused on technical details. They were productive. I am on my way back to DC to consult on next steps. We've concluded this round of talks that started Aug 3 between the US and the Taliban. Over the last few days, the two sides focused on technical details. They were productive. I am on my way back to DC to consult on next steps. — U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad (@US4AfghanPeace) August 12, 2019 Negotiators are focused on finalizing an agreement to withdraw U.S.-led foreign forces in exchange for Taliban counterterrorism guarantees. The Taliban has promised to prevent Afghanistan from continuing to harbor international terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). According to the United Nations, however, the Taliban-al-Qaeda relationship remains strong more than 18 years after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in response to the terrorist groups’ role in the September 11 attacks. Taliban jihadis have come out against U.S. proposals to leave behind a residual force to ensure the terrorist group keeps its promises. The Trump administration has made the political reconciliation between the Afghan government and the Taliban the primary tenet of its strategy to end the war. Trump administration officials have conceded that a military victory is impossible at this point. The U.S. has devoted an enormous amount of blood and treasure to the war in Afghanistan — nearly $1 trillion, 2,291 U.S. military deaths, and 20,481 injuries.
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तालिबानी लडाकुहरुले काबुल कब्जा गरेको १३ दिन भयो । तर यस अवधिमा सिंगो अफगानिस्तान उनीहरुको कब्जामा भने छैन । यहाँ तालिवान विरोधी शक्तिहरु पनि उत्तिकै सक्रिय छन् । त्यस्तै, अन्य धेरै आतंकवादी शक्तिहरु पनि शक्ति प्रदर्शनमा लागेका छन् । यसैको उदाहरण हो –बिहीबार काबुल विमानस्थलमा भएको आतंककारी हमला । यस बिस्फोटमा मर्नेको संख्या १ सय नाघिसकेको छ, आईएसआईएस–केले यो विस्फोटको जिम्मेवारी लिइसकेको छ । तालिवान यो समूहले अफगानिस्तान कब्जा गरेको घोषणा गर्दै विजय उत्सव मनाइसकेको छ । उसले आगामी मन्त्रिमण्डलमा सहभागी हुने आफ्ना नेताहरुको नाम पनि घोषणा गरिसकेको छ । तालिवानका झन्डै ८० हजार लडाकुहरुले २ लाखभन्दा धेरै संख्यामा रहेका अफगानी सेनालाई हराएर काबुल कब्जा गरेका हुन् । सन् १९९६ मा पनि उसले काबुल कब्जा गरेको थियो र त्यसको पाँच वर्षसम्म अफगानिस्तानमा शासन ग¥यो । २००१ मा अमेरिकी र नेटो सैनिकको हमलापछि तालिबानी सत्ता ढलेको थियो । त्यसपछि तितरवितर भएका लडाकुहरु फेरि जुटेर, नयाँ सदस्यहरु थप्दै तालिवानले काबुल कब्जा गरेको हो । अलकायदा कहाँ छ ? पछिल्ला वर्ष तालिबानले अलकायदासँगको सम्बन्धलाई चेक एन्ड ब्यालेन्समा राखेको छ, अलकायदा र अन्य आतंककारी समूहलाई अफगानी भूमी प्रयोग गर्न नदिने वाचा उसले २०२० मा गरेको थियो । तर, तालिबानले विभिन्न शहर र त्यहाँका जेल कब्जा गरेपछि जेलमा रहेका लडाकुहरुलाई रिहा गरेको थियो । यसक्रममा अलकायदाप्रति तालिबानी लडाकुले सद्भावन राख्दा अलकायदाका धेरै लडाकुहरु रिहा भएको विज्ञहरु बताउँछन् । उनीहरुले अब फेरि एकजुट भएर नयाँ दस्ता बनाउनसक्ने विज्ञहरुको आँकलन छ । आईएसआईएस–के आईएसआईएस–के खुरासन आतंकवादी समूह आईएसआईएस अर्थात् (ईस्लामिक स्टेट इन इराक एन्ड सिरिया) को शाखा संगठन हो । यसले अफगानिस्तान र पाकिस्तानमा रहेका जिहादीहरुलाई एकजुट गर्छ । बिहीबार काबुलस्थित हमिद कारजाई विमानस्थलमा यही समूहले बिस्फोट गराएको हो । २०१६ यता उसले काबुलमा पटक–पटक हमला गरिसकेको छ । यो संगठनले तालिबानलाई अमेरिकी कठपुतलीहरुको समूह मान्छ । तालिबान विरोधीहरु २० वर्षअघि जतिबेला काबुलमा तालिबानको सत्ता थियो, त्यतिबेला पनि उज्वेक र ताजाक दस्ताहरुको गठबन्धन नर्थन एलाईन्सले पन्जशीर उपत्यकामा उसलाई पस्न दिएको थिएन । र, अहिले फेरि तालिबानले पुरै देश कब्जा गरिसक्दा पनि यहाँ आफ्नो उपस्थिती देखाउन सकेको छैन । अर्थात्, काबुलबाट केवल १ सय ५० किलोमिटर टाढाको यस उपत्यकामा तालिबानले कहिल्यै कब्जा जमाएको इतिहास छैन । सेप्टेम्बर ११, २००१ मा अमेरिकामा हमला गर्नुभन्दा केहीअघि अलकायदाका लडाकुहरुले अफगानिस्तानमा नर्थन एलाइन्सका मुख्य नेता अहमद शाह मसुदको हत्या गरेका थिए । अहिले नेशनल फ्रन्ट अफ अफगानिस्तान नामक यस दस्तालाई मसुदका छोरा अहमद मसुदले हाँकिरहेका छन् । उनीहरु तालिबानविरुद्ध संघर्षरत छन् । तालिबानलाई पन्जशीरमा नछिर्न पनि उनीहरुले चेतावनी दिइसकेका छन् । यो गठबन्धनलाई तालिबानविरोधी अन्य गठबन्धनहरुको पनि सहयोग छ । अमेरिकाका सहयोगीहरु कहाँ छन् ? उनीहरु हिँडिसके । अफगानिस्तानका अपदस्थ राष्ट्रपति असरफ गनी विदेश भागिसकेका छन् । उपराष्ट्रपति अमरुल्लाह सलेह पन्जशिर उपत्यकामा छन् । राष्ट्रपतिले देश छाडेर हिँडेकाले आफुले उक्त जिम्मेवारी पाउने संवैधानिक प्रावधान रहेको भन्दै उनले यस विषयमा आफु छलफलमा रहेको धारणा केहीअघि राखेका थिए । अफगानिस्तानका पूर्व राष्ट्रपतिहरू तथा धेरै नेताहरु अहिले घरमै नजरबन्दमा छन् ।