The
American people, officials of independent non-governmental organizations and
the peace loving Congressmen!
With the
hope that you will read this letter prudently and will evaluate the future of
American forces and your profit and loss inside Afghanistan in light of the
prevailing realities alluded to in the following lines!
The
American people!
You
realize that your political leadership launched a military invasion of our
country 17 years ago. This invasion was not only contrary to the legal and
national norms of our own sovereign country but also a violation of all
international rules and regulations, but still the following three main points
were put forward by your authorities to justify this illegitimate invasion:
1.
Establishing
security by eliminating the so called terrorists inside Afghanistan.
2.
Restoring
law and order by establishing a legal government.
3.
Eradicating
narcotics.
However
let us analyze how successful your war-monger leaders were in achieving the
above three slogans in this illegitimate war?
Increased
insecurity and fighting:
In 2001
when your ex-president George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Afghanistan, his
justification for that felonious act was the elimination the Islamic Emirate
(Taliban) and Al-Qaeda.
But
despite continuing this bloody war for seventeen years and accepting huge
casualties and financial losses, your current president Donald Trump – to
continue the illegal 17 year old war in Afghanistan – acknowledged increased
insecurity and emergence of multiple groups instead of the single unified
Islamic Emirate (Taliban).
This was
stated by Trump while declaring his new war strategy for Afghanistan and South
Asia on 23rd August 2017 and seventeen years later, again ordered
the perpetuation of the same illegitimate occupation and war against the Afghan
people. Since your authorities admit the presence of multiple warring factions
inside Afghanistan, it verifies our claim that by invading Afghanistan and
overthrowing a unified responsible government of Taliban, the Americans have
merely paved the way for anarchy in the country.
No matter
what title or justification is presented by your undiscerning authorities for
the war in Afghanistan, the reality is that tens of thousands of helpless
Afghans including women and children were martyred by your forces, hundreds of
thousands were injured and thousands more were incarcerated in Guantanamo,
Bagram and various other secret jails and treated in such a humiliating way
that has not only brought shame upon humanity but is also a violation of all
claims of American culture and civilization.
In this
lopsided war and as confirmed by your own military authorities, 3546 American
and foreign soldiers have been killed, more than 20,000 American forces injured
and tens of thousands more are suffering mentally but in reality the amount of
your casualties is several times higher and is deliberately being concealed by
your leaders. Similarly this war has cost you trillions of dollars thus making
it one of the bloodiest, longest and costliest war in the contemporary history
of your country.
Chaos and
the most corrupt regime:
Even
though it is not the duty of America to draft laws and suggest systems for
other countries but nevertheless, the second excuse of George W. Bush for the
invasion of Afghanistan was to establish a supposed legitimate government. But
despite seventeen years of war costing thousands of American and coalition
lives and billions of dollars, such a system has taken root in Afghanistan
which has achieved the following administrative, legal, military and political
records:
Number
one internationally in administrative and financial corruption.
Number
one internationally in violating human rights.
Number
one internationally in usurping of land and embezzling international aid.
Number
one internationally in violence against women, etc. etc.
The
latest example of the corrupt regime formed in the wake of American invasion is
the presence of a two-headed system which is unparalleled in the established
laws of forming a government throughout the world.
Production
and expansion of narcotics:
The third
justification of George W. Bush to invade Afghanistan was the prevention and
eradication of narcotics. Let us examine the amount and levels of production
and expansion of the narcotic trade in Afghanistan after seventeen year war
effort?
According
to the data provided by UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes) –
prior to the American invasion – poppy was cultivated only on 185 hectors land
of Afghanistan and only in areas controlled by anti-Taliban forces whereas the
level of heroin addiction among Afghans was next to nil. But following the
American invasion of Afghanistan, poppy cultivation skyrocketed from 185
hectors to 328,000 hectors while under the shadow of seventeen year occupation,
the number of drug addicts has reached 3 million people.
On 21st
December 2017, the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes) reported
that drug production increased by 87% and poppy cultivation increased by 63%
during the year 2017, thus mounting the total production of narcotics to 9000 metric
tons.
The
American people!
You
proclaim to be a developed and civilized nation of the world. Since the imposed
government in Afghanistan is established by you therefore we leave it to your
judgment to decide – according to your logic and conscience – whether the
present system and its pertinent changes, insecurity, chaos and 87% increase in
narcotics are reforms or crimes against humanity?
Your
authorities proclaim that tens of billions of dollars have been spent on
various reconstruction projects in Afghanistan. Of course this is the same
money which is collected from you as taxes and revenues, but here it has been
distributed among thieves and murderers.
Do you
agree that the hard earned money of your labor should be wasted on such a
corrupt system where in only one criminal case, $900 million were stolen from
Kabul Bank by corrupt officials?
Do you
consider it the rule of law in American culture and lexicon where the first
deputy of a government is a person involved in the felonious act of sexual
assault on a 70-year-old man besides hundreds of other crimes against humanity?
Is this
the civilization, modernity and rule of law proclaimed by you in the world?
Were your
3546 forces killed in Afghanistan to establish and empower such a system?
Can your
scholars, intellectuals and unbiased analysts produce an answer to our
questions?
You must
understand that our people are living, watching and closely analyzing all these
calamities and that is why the regime working under the shadow of your military
support and the corrupt elements assembled therein are not looked upon as a
legitimate government rather they are considered a band of usurpers, looters,
mafia warlords and drug-dealers while at the same time, the resistance against
them is considered their legal, moral and national obligation. The people
working alongside you to impose this system are committing treason against our
nation and national interests. On the other hand, the people who waging armed
resistance against your corrupt regime are the defenders of their homeland,
national interests, sovereignty as well as their dignity and they are revered
by the Afghan masses as their heroes. That the American media is propagating
against the Afghan resistance and labelling them as foreign terrorists instead
of Afghan freedom fighters, all of this is baseless propaganda aimed at
concealing their own humiliating defeat. To repudiate this propaganda, we only
want to say that had there been any chance of success in Afghanistan with
foreign support, the American invaders and their coalition forces would
definitely have succeeded due to enjoying the political and military support of
a powerful country like the United States of America as well as the support of
a well-equipped military alliance like NATO.
The
People of America!
We would
like to summarize our message to you in the following words:
The
Afghans who are fighting your forces and any other invader today, this is their
legal, religious and national obligation. However mighty and well-equipped your
forces might be, even if supported by the entire world, this resistance will be
sustained by the Afghan people due to their religious, legal and national
obligation. This resistance is considered by Afghan masses as a sacred
responsibility of defending their creed and country. To relinquish this sacred
obligation is considered by them as abandoning Islam and all human values and
this disgrace is never acceptable for any valiant Muslim Afghan individual.
Afghans
have continued to burn for the last four decades in the fire of imposed wars.
They are longing for peace and a just system but they will never tire from
their just cause of defending their creed, country and nation against the
invading forces of your war-mongering government because they have rendered all
the previous and present historic sacrifices to safeguard their religious
values and national sovereignty. If they make a deal on their sovereignty now,
it would be unforgettable infidelity with their proud history and ancestors.
Afghanistan
is a country which has maintained its independence throughout its several
thousand year history. Even in the 19th and 20th century
when most Muslim countries were occupied by the then European imperial powers,
Afghanistan was the only country in the region to preserve its independence and
despite an eighty year imperialistic endeavor, the British failed make them
accept occupation. It is the same inherent zeal and historic succession in the
hearts and minds of Afghan masses which presently inspires this empty-handed
nation to continue protracted resistance against your occupying forces. This is
not exaggeration rather irrefutable reality that today the valiant Afghan
self-sacrificial attackers are competing among themselves to carry out
martyrdom seeking attacks against your invading forces.
This
national religious resistance of the Afghans is not a futile war, rather it is
progressing everyday as various parts of the country are liberated. At this
moment the head of SIGAR (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction) acknowledged that sixty percent of Afghan territory is under
the control of Taliban (Islamic Emirate).
In 2001
during the American invasion of Afghanistan, a number of world countries came
under the influence of misleading propaganda by your officials and supported
the warring strategy of the then president George W. Bush. But today we see
that your government has lost that international support as a number of your
coalition partners have withdrawn their forces from our country by discerning
the prevailing realities and they are currently seeking a political solution.
The international community at large is now backing our justified resistance
against the illegitimate American occupation. If your government is still
insisting on perpetuating the war in Afghanistan by conjuring excuses, it will
further undermine American prestige in the world.
The
People of America!
In the
American society where the main source of power is the masses and the
authorities are elected by public votes, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan –
as representatives of the will of Afghan nation – asks the American people and
the peace loving Congressmen to put pressure on your authorities and demand an
end to the occupation of Afghanistan because stubbornly seeking the protraction
of this war and existence of a corrupt and ineffective regime here in Kabul
will have dreadful consequences for the region and particularly for the
stability of America herself.
The
Afghan masses feel pity for the whole American nation because they are being
sacrificed and are losing respect through the world with each passing day
solely due the war-mongering policies of a few war-mongering officials.
Your
intellectuals, peace loving Congressmen and independent chiefs of civil
organizations should question your authorities as to why the American people
are so insecure and detested at home and abroad despite their international
prestige?
For how
long will your modern country and your children continue to be sacrificed for
the war-mongering policies of a few war-mongering officials?
And what
eventual benefit will these warring policies bring for your country?
The
American People!
Your
president and his military and political officials following his war policies
still speak the language of war in Afghanistan. They intentionally release fake
statistics for the sake of their vested interests and misguide you and the
world by throwing dust in your eyes. The reality is that in contemporary world,
the use of force and arms has been replaced by peaceful dialogue and wars
cannot be won with lies.
Only in
past September – in accordance with Trump’s new strategy – American forces used
all their new powers and carried out 751 air strikes. You should ask your
Generals that despite using such force, have you retaken even a single inch of
land from the Taliban or have they become even more powerful.
If you do
not understand the inexperienced policies of president Trump and his war-monger
advisors, then look no further than his irrational decision of shifting the
American embassy to from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem which brought America in
opposition with 128 countries of the world.
Truly it
is humiliating for a civilized people like you to be confronted with such a
decisive international majority. It was only due of the pursuit of policies of
force which pitted majority of the world countries against America, and your
authorities are still insistent upon that ridiculous policy!!
The
Islamic Emirate had asked America from the very beginning to solve her issues
with the Islamic Emirate through talk and dialogue. The use of force has
adverse consequences, and you might have now discerned the bitter consequences
of American aggression against Afghanistan. If the policy of using force is
exercised for a hundred more years and a hundred new strategies are adopted,
the outcome of all of these will be the same as you have observed over the last
six months following the initiation of Trump’s new strategy.
According
we still believe that it is not too late for the American people to understand
that the Islamic Emirate – as representative of its people – can solve its
problems with every side through healthy politics and dialogue. Needless use of
force only complicates the issues by creating new dimensions which gradually
move out of the realm of control. The Islamic Emirate is a regional power with
deep roots which cannot be subdued by sheer force. The chances of dialogue
however are not exhausted. The American people must understand that the Islamic
Emirate understands its responsibility and can play a constructive role in
finding a peaceful solution for issues but this can never mean that we are
exhausted or our will has been sapped. It is our policy that logic should be
given a chance before the use of force. Whatever can be achieved by logic,
should not be relinquished due to the use of force. It is the moral obligation
of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to inform you, the American masses, about
these realities.
We must
state that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan undertakes legitimate efforts for
the independence of our homeland. Having a sovereign country free from any
foreign occupation is our natural and human right. Seeking freedom of our
homeland and establishing an Islamic system conforming to the creed of our
people can never be called terrorism by any law of the world. It is worth
mentioning that we have no agenda of playing any destructive role in any other
country and we have practically proven over the past seventeen years that we
have not interfered in any other country. Likewise we will not allow anyone
else to use Afghan territory against any other country. War is imposed on us,
it is not our choice. Our preference is to solve the Afghan issue through
peaceful dialogues. America must end her occupation and must accept all our
legitimate rights including the right to form a government consistent with the
beliefs of our people.
After
gaining independence, we would like to have positive and constructive relations
with all countries of the world including our neighboring countries. We welcome
their assistance and support in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of our
country. We want to play a beneficial role in regional and world peace and
stability, provide high standard education and employment opportunities for our
people and guarantee all human and legal rights of every child, woman and man,
secure our youth from drugs and all other moral indecencies, provided job
opportunities to every individual such that they not leave their homeland or
seek refuge abroad.
In brief,
insisting on prolonging the war in Afghanistan and maintaining American troop
presence is neither beneficial for America nor for anyone else, rather it
endangers the stability of the entire world. This is irrefutable reality which
is only rejected by your arrogant authorities. If you want peaceful dialogue
with the Afghans specifically and with the world generally, then make your
president and the war-mongering congressmen and Pentagon officials understand
this reality and compel them to adopt a rational policy towards Afghanistan!
This will
be the most constructive step for the stability of your people, the Afghans as
well as the whole world.
Our only
obligation is to convey (the message) to you!
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
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Taliban-Kämpfer in Afghanistan. Bild: Flickr / ResoluteSupportMedia CC BY 2.0