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Taliban active in Pakistan when dead and wounded militants arrive from Afghanistan | Voice of america WASHINGTON – Afghan Taliban and their local workers are active in Pakistan’s border regions, local sources told VOA, as Pakistan has recognized the bodies of militants killed in Afghanistan arrive in Pakistan and wounded Taliban are treated in local hospitals. In an interview with Geo News, a local Pakistani broadcaster, Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed admitted that Afghan Taliban families live in Pakistan on June 27, adding that “sometimes their bodies arrive and sometimes they come here in hospitals for medical treatment ”. Locals and local eyewitnesses with knowledge of the Taliban’s activities in Pakistan have told VOA that the militants enjoy protected areas in Pashtun areas of Balochistan Province. A resident of Kuchlak, 25 kilometers from the southwestern city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, told VOA that the Taliban not only have bases in madrasas and seminars in the Pakistani province, but also “collect donations in the mosques.” The local resident, who refused to be named because he feared retaliation by the militants, said some residents of the city of Kuchlak were in the ranks of the Taliban. “Natives of all tribes (who live in the city) are with them saying they are carrying out jihad to establish the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan,” he added. Kuchlak hosts several madrasas and seminars associated with the Taliban. In August 2019, the younger brother of Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada was killed in a bomb explosion in a Seminary mosque in the city, among four people. The Afghan government and the US have long accused Pakistan of failing to take action against the Afghan Taliban’s protected areas in Pakistan. Pakistani officials have repeatedly denied the presence of the Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan. However, in an interview with local Afghan television Tolo News last month, Pakistani Foreign Minister Mahmoud Qureshi blamed the permeable border and millions of Afghans living in Pakistan for the Taliban’s presence in the country. “Once they have returned and there are cross-border movements, we can be made more responsible for them,” said Qureshi. Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported Sunday that police in the city of Peshawar are investigating videos shared on social media showing a group of people on motorcycles holding Taliban flags and singing for the militants during a funeral. Taliban funerals The resident of Panjpai, a village near Afghanistan, 85 kilometers west of Quetta, told VOA that funerals and prayers for the victims of the fighting in Afghanistan are regularly held in the city. “Funerals are taking place. (The Taliban) make speeches at funerals and congratulate families on being martyred, ”he said. He added that a funeral and prayers were being held for the son of a tribal leader who was killed in fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan. “He and his father were both with the Taliban. His father returned home for oath, but his son stayed in Afghanistan and was killed, ”the local resident said, adding that locals claimed (the son) was“ killed in a drone attack ”. In videos shared on social media and accessed by VOA, hundreds of people attended the funeral where the white flags of the Taliban were displayed. VOA was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the videos posted. A local journalist, who also asked for anonymity, said killed Taliban are buried in cemeteries in and around Quetta, including Kuchlak, Duki and Pishin. “People pray in the mosques. Everyone in the area knows, ”said the journalist. Decreased leverage Sayed Nazir, a retired brigadier general in the Pakistani Army, said: “Pakistan has admitted the Taliban presence in Pakistan”. “Their homes, their families, or their children (are in Pakistan). They have access to education and health care, ”said Nazir, adding that Pakistan has influence over the group. In an interview with the New York Times last month, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan had used its influence over the Taliban to bring the militant group to the negotiating table with the US and the Afghan government. “(I) really pushed (we) them, pressured them to speak to the Afghan government,” said Khan. However, he added that Pakistan’s “leverage on the Taliban has waned” as the US announced it would withdraw its remaining forces from Afghanistan by September 11, which is now more than 90% complete. Violence in Afghanistan has increased and the Taliban have captured around 100 districts from Afghan government forces. The Afghan government has since vowed to retake the lost districts and accused Pakistan and foreign militants of supporting the Taliban in their offensives. In a tweet on Monday, Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh said that some of the Taliban fighting Afghan security forces are trained by the Pakistani military and “directed from Peshawar, Quetta and other areas (in Pakistan).” Pakistan rejects any involvement in the Afghanistan conflict. Some local Afghan officials have also told VOA’s Pashto Service that foreign fighters are part of the Taliban fighting Afghan forces. Al Qaeda threats A new United Nations report released last month said the Afghan Taliban had failed to keep promises to cut ties with al-Qaeda. The report accuses al-Qaeda of being active in the border areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan and of operating under the leadership of the Taliban in Afghanistan. “The group is said to be such an ‘organic’ or integral part of the insurrection that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to separate it from its Taliban allies,” the report said. The report added that most al-Qaeda members in the Indian subcontinent are Afghans and Pakistani. Colin Clarke, a senior fellow at the Soufan Center, said it would be “difficult to defeat” al-Qaeda when it becomes “a predominantly Afghan-Pakistani phenomenon.” “This is extremely worrying for longevity groups like al-Qaeda, especially in South Asia,” said Clarke. He added that without troops on the ground, the US will not have the same leverage. “If Afghanistan sinks into civil war again, the Taliban need al-Qaeda. You have to ally with them against the Afghan government, against potential rivals like the Islamic State, ”he said. Marvin Weinbaum, director of the Afghanistan and Pakistan program at the Washington-based Middle East Institute, agreed with Clarke’s assessment. “Once the Taliban are in control, they have no incentive to stop these forces from spreading riots elsewhere,” he said.
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पाकिस्तानका प्रधानमन्त्री इमरान खानले सांस्कृतिक साम्राज्यवादबारे भाषण गर्ने क्रममा बोल्दै अफगानहरूले ”दासत्वको बन्धन तोडेको” भनेर टिप्पणी गरेका छन्। पाकिस्तानमा अङ्ग्रेजी माध्यममा पढाइ हुने गरेको अवस्थालाई आलोचना गर्दै उनले गरेको टिप्पणी तालिबानले अफगानिस्तानको राजधानी काबुल नियन्त्रणमा लिएको भोलिपल्ट आएको छ। सन् १९९६मा अफगान तालिबान सरकारलाई मान्यता दिने तीन राष्ट्रमा एक पाकिस्तान पनि थियो। सोमवार हुने भनिएको राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षा समितिको बैठकमा पाकिस्तानले महत्त्वपूर्ण निर्णय गर्न सक्ने अपेक्षा गरिएको छ। प्रधानमन्त्रीको अध्यक्षतामा सम्पन्न हुने सो बैठकमा उच्च सैन्य अधिकारी र गुप्तचर निकायको सहभागिता रहन्छ। यसैबीच, धार्मिक आस्थामा आधारित पाकिस्तानका राजनीतिक दलहरू जमात-ए-इस्लामी र जेयूआइ-एफले अफगान तालिबानलाई उनीहरूको पछिल्लो ”सफलता”का लागि बधाई दिएका छन् र अफगानिस्तानमा उनीहरूको आन्दोलनका लागि पूर्ण समर्थन र सहयोग प्रदान गर्ने बताएका छन्। अफगानिस्तानमा तालिबानको पुनः नियन्त्रण कायम भएको खुसीयाली मनाउन यी धार्मिक समूहका केही सदस्यले मिठाइ समेत बाँडेका थिए। पाकिस्तानसँग जोडिएका अफगानिस्तानका दुई ठूला नाका पनि तालिबानको नियन्त्रणमा छ। त्यस मध्य एक तोरखाम नाका केही समयका लागि पैदल यात्रुहरूका लागि समेत बन्द गरिएको थियो। त्यसपछि त्यहाँको व्यापारिक कारोबार तालिबानले आफ्नो नियन्त्रणमा लिएको थियो। पाकिस्तानले आफ्नो देशमा शरणार्थीहरूलाई प्रवेश गर्न दिएको छैन र यी सीमाको प्रयोग गर्दै अफगानिस्तानका नागरिकहरूलाई मात्रै आफ्नो देश फर्कन दिइएको छ। के हो तालिबान? अफगानिस्तानबाट सोभियत सेना फर्किएपछि सन् १९९० को दशकमा पूर्वार्धमा एउटा कट्टरपन्थी धार्मिक अभियान सुरु भयो। अधिकांश पाश्तुन समुदायका व्यक्तिहरू संलग्न भएको तालिबान अभियानबारे सन् १९९४ मा धेरैले थाहा पाए। साउदी अरबबाट आएको आर्थिक सहयोगमा सञ्चालित कट्टरपन्थी सुन्नी इस्लामबारे पढाइने विद्यालयहरूबाट सो अभियान सुरु भएको विश्वास धेरैको छ। पाश्तुनहरूको बाहुल्य भएको पाकिस्तान र अफगानिस्तानका क्षेत्रहरूमा शान्ति र सुरक्षा स्थापित गर्ने वाचासहित आफ्नै इस्लामिक कानुन अर्थात् शरिया कार्यान्वयन गर्ने तालिबानको उद्देश्य थियो। ‘अमेरिकाले धुइँपत्ताल खोज्थ्यो, तालिबान नेता ओमार अमेरिकी सैनिक इलाकानजिकै बस्थे’ अफगानिस्तान युद्धमा के अमेरिकाले अपेक्षा गरेको नतिजा पायो? तालिबानले दुवै देशमा हत्यारा र व्यभिचारीहरूलाई सार्वजनिक रूपमा मृत्युदण्ड दिन थाल्यो। चोरी गरेको प्रमाणित भए अङ्गभङ्गको दण्ड दिइन्थ्यो। तालिबानको प्रभाव भएको क्षेत्रमा पुरुषले दाह्री पाल्नै पर्ने र महिलाले पूरै शरीर छोपिनेगरी बुर्का लगाउनै पर्ने बनाइयो। टीभी, चलचित्र र सङ्गीतमाथि प्रतिबन्ध लाग्यो। अनि १० वर्ष र त्यसभन्दा माथिका बालिकालाई विद्यालय जान दिइएन। काबुलमा तालिबान शासन दक्षिणपश्चिम अफगानिस्तानबाट सुरु भयो तालिबानले बिस्तारै आफ्नो प्रभाव विस्तार गर्यो। सन् १९९५ को सेप्टेम्बर महिनामा तालिबानले इरानसँग सीमा जोडिएको हेरात प्रान्त आफ्नो नियन्त्रणमा लियो। त्यसको एक वर्षपछि देशको राजधानी काबुल तालिबानको नियन्त्रण पुग्यो। राष्ट्रपति बुरानुद्दिन रब्बानीलाई हटाएर तालिबान देशको सत्तामा पुग्यो। सन् १९९८ सम्ममा अफगानिस्तानको ९० प्रतिशत भूभागमा तालिबानको नियन्त्रणमा आइसकेको थियो। सत्तामा पुगेको सो इस्लामिक कट्टरपन्थी समूहले सन् २००१ मा बामियानस्थित बुद्धका विशाल मूर्तिहरू भत्काइदिएको थियो। आफ्नी आमाको नजरमा बिन लादेन अल-कायदा संस्थापक ओसामा बिन लादेनका छोराको ‘मृत्यु’ तर न्यूयोर्कमा आक्रमण भएको एक महिनाभित्रै अक्टोबर ७, २००१ मा अमेरिकी नेतृत्वमा अफगानिस्तानमा सैन्य कारबाही सुरु भयो। डिसेम्बर महिनाको पहिलो हप्तामा तालिबान सत्ता धराशायी भयो। तालिबान अभियान सुरु गराएको आरोप पाकिस्तानलाई लाग्ने गरेको छ। तर इस्लामाबादले भने त्यसको खण्डन गर्दै आएको छ। तालिबान सन् १९९० को दशकको मध्यदेखि सन् २००१ सम्म अफगानिस्तानको सत्तामा रह्यो। त्यसबेला साउदी अरब, यूएई र पाकिस्तान गरेर तीन देशले मात्र उसलाई औपचारिक मान्यता दिएका थिए। दुई देशले तालिबानसँगको कूटनीतिक सम्बन्ध विच्छेद गर्दा पनि पाकिस्तानले भने पछिसम्म कायम राखेको थियो। बिन लादेनसँगको सम्बन्ध सन् २००१ मा न्यूयोर्कस्थित वर्ल्ड ट्रेड सेन्टरमा भएको आक्रमणपछि अफगानिस्तानको शक्तिमा रहेको तालिबान समूहको चर्चा विश्वस्तरमा भयो। न्यूयोर्कमा भएका आक्रमणको आरोप लागेका ओसामा बिन लादेन र अल-कायदालाई तालिबानले अफगानिस्तानमा सुरक्षित रूपमा बस्न सघाएको आरोप लगाइयो। सेप्टेम्बर ११ आक्रमणपछि अमेरिकाको नेतृत्वमा तालिबानलाई सत्ताच्युत गरियो। तर पछि तालिबानले बिस्तारै आफ्नो शक्ति बढाउँदै लग्यो र पाकिस्तानमा पनि बलियो रूपमा देखा पर्यो। बीबीसी