6th of Jaddi (24 December): Reminder of a Dark Era
28 February 2016By Zabiullah Mujahid
Thirty six years ago on 6th of Jaddi 1358 Solar Hijri (24 December 1979)
Afghanistan was invaded by the Red army and Afghanistan entered a dark era.
Hundreds of thousands were killed, injured and disabled, displaced, and
orphaned. Many lost their parents or children. Whole tribes were displaced,
villages levelled, cities plundered and provinces scorched. As a result of
Soviet Union's arrogance the destiny of an entire nation was changed forever.
After ten years of a valiant resistance in the winter of 1367 (Solar Hijri)
the Red army admitted its defeat and having lost thousands of their troops
they left Afghanistan on the 23rd of Dalwa (15 February 1989). Thus the Afghan
nation shattered the pride of the mighty Soviet Union and showed the world
that pride always cometh before the fall.
Alas the so-called leaders of the Jihad movement at the time had little
interest in setting up a functioning government and fulfilling the aspirations
of the Afghan nation. Instead they let the fruits of Afghanistan's Jihad rot
away while they distributed the seats of power amongst themselves. Even then
they were not content with the spoils they received and instead plunged our
nation into a destructive civil war. Communists, Jihadists and Secularists
formed and broke alliances at will with no other purposes than increase their
share of the spoils.
And so the true sons of our nation and Jihad, repulsed at the impertinence of
their so-called leaders rallied around the banner of the Islamic Emirate to
bring peace and prosperity to their nation. These warriors began their
campaign to disarm all militias in Afghanistan and establish an Islamic and
just government. The Machiavellian politicians in Kabul, instead of embracing
this opportunity to set aside their differences and help the Islamic Emirate,
attacked it with vehement ferocity and did all in their powers to impede its
progress.
These politicians, who until yesterday had been leading the campaign against
the Soviets now readily embraced Russia, India, France and anyone else that
cared to lend them a hand in order to resist the march of the Islamic
warriors. They held out Afghanistan in a silver platter ready to sell to the
highest bidder.
And so when America entered the fray, these politicians readily embraced her,
promising to sell our entire nation to them in exchange for a few days reign
in Kabul. Politicians from all walks of life, who until yesterday claimed that
it was their religious duty to fight the Islamic Emirate because the latter
was stripping them of their rightful place in the political specter now jumped
on the American bandwagon hoping they would also receive some bread crumbs.
It must be true that politicians have amnesia because America and her allies
so soon forgot the plight of the Soviet Union a decade earlier. They forgot
that Afghanistan is a land that is easier invaded than occupied. Its towering
mountains look like an easy military prize but once in you realize than this
land is like a quagmire, the harder you resist the deeper you sink. The
Soviets were clever in that having realized that they could never completely
subdue its people, they cut their losses and completely withdrew from
Afghanistan.
The Americans also know fully well that they can never subdue Afghanistan but
they insist on hitting their heads against the wall hoping that sooner or
later the wall might crumble. While their best case scenario would be to
effect a face-saving retreat from here, yet it will likely come at great cost
to them. Their sons will continue to die until they realize that sometimes you
are better off to just quit and run.
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