By Usman Khan

After almost the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan which is the culmination of negotiated settlement of march 2020 in Doha Qatar, Taliban is in rise once again on all fronts inside war-torn Afghanistan. The Taliban pledged to prevent territory under their control from being used by terrorists. The agreement was signed following a seven-day reduction in violence. The United States has a vivacious interest in securing the political, economic, and security gains that have been achieved in Afghanistan since 2001. That’s why the Kabul airport is still under its control for pursing and achieving its goals in the area.

Keeping in view the current captures and gains in Afghanistan, the prospects for negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban remain uncertain because the Taliban see and feel the victory. If the Qandahar province falls to Taliban then the fall of Kabul is imminent to Taliban because the way straight goes to Kabul, although they are tactfully avoiding seizing the Kabul at the moment. In addition to a stronghold in southern province of Helmand, the Taliban controls the strategically important territories, border crossings in nearly every province and continues to threaten in multiple ways the provincial capitals of other provinces like, they previously held and capture capitals of Farah and Ghazni Province in the past.

Recently, the Taliban spokesman has said that they don’t want to monopolize power and insisted that there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and the incumbent President of Afghanistan is removed for a free and fair impartial government. He said that who wanted to dominate Afghanistan in the past, were not successful governments. “So we do not want to repeat that same formula.”

He called that Afghan government’s repeated demands for a ceasefire while the current Afghan president stayed in power are equivalent to demanding Taliban surrender. He said “Afghan government don’t want reconciliation, they want surrendering of us, which is not acceptable to Taliban at all. Prior to any truce, there must be an agreement on a new government acceptable to us and to other Afghans.

The Taliban’s supreme leader has already said that he “actively favors” a political settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan even the military gains and advances of Taliban and as the ground reality of Afghanistan is in grip of Taliban. He said that when the representatives of the Afghan government and Taliban sat down for a new round of talks in Doha before Eid al-Adha in Qatari capital but achieved nothing.

In wake of new emerging realties and developments on the Afghan front, as Taliban has soft-corner for Pakistan, anti-Pakistan elements engineered multi-pronged conspiracies against the solidarity of Pakistan like the alleged abdication of Afghan ambassador’s daughter to create a chaos and unrest. They gathered people who chanted anti-Pakistan slogans in front of Pakistani embassy and demanded its closure to make it a ground for the return of U.S led forces in Afghanistan by any way because the current weak Afghan government is incapable. At the same time the Afghan president in Tashkent conference accused and spewed venom against Pakistan for infiltrating thousands of militants to fight side by side with the Taliban. It has become habitual for the Afghan leaders including the northern-alliance that they spare not efforts to use their inflammatory and abusive languages against the leaders and solidarity of Pakistan who hosted millions of Afghan refugees more than three decades, when no country of south Asia was ready to accept them on their soils at such large-scale. It is also arguable that still a large of Afghans live inside Pakistan, they should also be recalled along with the diplomat’s staff, if the current Afghan government is sincere with its people.

As the Taliban said that no foreign troops will be allowed in Afghanistan, the role of Turkey becomes also diminished because the Taliban say they are not neutral and Turkey always gave asylum to enemies of Taliban and take side with northern-alliance with which Turkey has ethnic-relations. It is also hearsay that according to an under-hand deal with Turkey, U.S has given a notion to Turkey that in lieu of taking the control of Kabul Air-port United States of America will draw its support of Kurd rebellion.

With the rise of Taliban, it is India that received the most serious set-backs to its evil designs in Afghanistan by closing a numbers of its consulates on Afghan territory. The recent recovery of millions of Pakistan rupees from the Indian consulate by Taliban that situated in Spin-Boldak clearly shows Indian involvement in subversive activities to carry-out inside Pakistan from Afghanistan soil. Moreover, India is spreading the rumors as defamation campaign against Taliban that they preparing the list of girls to force them marriages with Taliban in Afghanistan.

Above all, the enemies of Pakistan and Afghanistan want to see the relations of both countries worse day by day because they have a Muslim-identity. Furthermore, these anti Muslims forces wish badly to watch the infighting of warring-Afghan factions to destroy and minimize the Muslims form the world. Therefore, it is a hot time for the Afghan groups for rapid patch-up not only in the larger interest of both the countries but also for a greater Muslim cause and solidarity.