Taliban's Accounts Enunciated At
Research Conference In France
28 December 2012
By Al-Ikhwah Al-Mujahidun
Text of speech enunciated by Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan at research conference in France
The full text of speech enunciated by two
representatives from Political Office of Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan, Mawlawi Shahbuddin Dilawar and
Doctor Muhammad Naeem, at research conference in
Chantilly of France convened from 20-21/12/2012:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful –
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,
and may His peace and blessing be upon the noblest of
prophets and messengers, his family and companions.
We foremost thank Foundation for Strategic Research as
well as its Director, Camille Grand, for taking
practical steps, on basis of humanitarian sympathy,
towards peace and tranquility for the Afghan nation
and especially for affording an opportunity to the
Islamic Emirate to express its viewpoint. We also
thank all other parties that have strived for this
cause.
Balance of political power in the future government of
Afghanistan
In the future Islamic government of the Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan, the balance of power or
participation in government of by all Afghan parties
must be implemented in the constitution upon below
specifications:
1 - Codification of Constitution
Every power and system of government in the current
world needs a complete and clear constitution to
organize and coordinate its internal and foreign
affairs in order to pave the way for advancement and
prosperity of its citizens and so that every person
properly grasps their role in the confines of law.
Constitution is integral for every government because,
without it, the affairs of development of its nation
and country will face disorder and numerous obstacles.
The personal, civil and political rights of all
citizens of Afghanistan shall be regulated through the
Constitution; rights shall be given to all brother
ethnicities without discrimination; will make clear
relations between the government and people; will shed
light on balance of government three structured
powers; will determine government's type,
administration and powers; in sum, will gain
acceptance from the Afghan nation and the world
regarding the internal and foreign policy of
Afghanistan.
Therefore the Islamic Emirate, for the welfare,
prosperity and advancement of its proud nation,
considers such a constitution necessary which is
framed on the principles of noble Islam, national
interests, historical achievements and social justice;
abides by Human Rights and national values; guarantees
the country's sovereignty and rights of all its
citizens and shall not contain any articles and
clauses opposing Islamic principles, national
interests and Afghan mores. With the blessing of
constitution, way shall be paved for political power
balance and all Afghan parties to participate in the
upcoming government.
We clearly state the stipulations of the constitution
shall be written by Afghan scholars in a free
atmosphere and will then be presented to the nation
for approval. The current constitution of Afghanistan
is illegitimate because it is written under the
shadows of B-52 aircrafts.
2 - 2014 elections
We believe that the 2014 elections are not beneficial
for solving the Afghan quandary because these
elections are planned under invasion and will take
place during ongoing occupation therefore the results
shall be no different than the previous elections. All
observed that the 2004 and 2009 elections did not
lessen but increased problems for the Afghans. So
called National Assembly elections were also held
twice however it failed to solve the nation's problems
but contrarily, increased them many folds. All this
because elections laws, organizations and officials
involved were created at the fancy and requests of
foreigners while the demands and needs of the Afghans
were not attended. The said elections did not only not
solve the Afghan quandary but also brought shame to
the western backers of the stooge regime; fraud was
rampant, ballots went missing, vow ceremony faced
dilemmas and holdups and the opening ceremony of
national assembly faced several months delay.
3 – Islamic Emirate
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is an Islamic
reality on the face of the planet, is the legitimate
government of our beloved country, has every
operational administration and has notable
achievements in several areas. People in the majority
parts of the country turn towards its courts,
political activities in shape of a Political Office is
known to everyone an example of which is our presence
here and education is also forging ahead in many parts
of the country with the Emirate's help. America with
the help of over forty (40) countries have invaded our
country. The Islamic Emirate has carried out sacred
Jihad against the occupation for over eleven years and
has put forward notable sacrifices for the
independence of its country and defense of its
religion and honor. The Islamic Emirate had brought
security to over 95% of the country before the
invasion; had collected illegal weapons; had stopped
narcotics; had secured borders of the beloved country;
had provided education, work and open trade for the
nation in complete security. We can even proudly state
that in the previous reign of Islamic Emirate, we
achieved things which the western world is unable to
do even with its entire military and economic means.
It has repeatedly been expounded in the messages of
Amir ul Mumineen that we are not looking to monopolize
power. We want an all Afghan inclusive government. He
has time and again urged his opposition for help in
expelling the occupation. That he respects his
political rivals, expounds on realization and
understanding and asks for help from them in defense
of our nation and honor, this clearly displays his
goodwill and political insight.
4 – Sovereignty of Afghanistan
Allah Almighty has created humans free and
independence is a part of their nature. No human
society can make advancements in economics, politics,
culture and science without independence or have
control over its resources, talents and fruits of
their work. Love with independence is naturally sown
in the blood and body of the Afghans. History has
shown that the Afghans have sacrificed their lives and
everything dear for independence. All battles fought
in the past decades against invasions have been for
independence. No economic, military or political power
has scared them in attaining their goal and neither
has the lack of means, men and hard conditions been a
hurdle.
If we want to once again pave the way for the
country's natural development and dignity then the
independence of Afghanistan must be restored and
occupation ended so that the Afghans can make
decisions in the best interests of its power and
people for the benefit of its nation.
It is also a reality that every nation, after
attaining independence, has a need to maintain its
borders, security and sovereignty and this need can
only be accomplished through police and army faithful
to its people, religion and nation. Therefore it is
incumbent that our security apparatus be trained on
religious principles and national spirit; is cleansed
from prejudice on lingual, ethnical and regional basis
and is bound to serving its people and securing its
sovereignty. If it is not as such then such an army in
not fit for maintaining its national and Islamic goals
and neither can it be called a national army. Instead
of working for national interests, it will be used
against its religion, country and people. Hence, as
much as Afghanistan needs an army, its reforming and
proper training is also that much vital.
Afghanistan is an underdeveloped nation economically.
It cannot maintain a highly paid army in the long term
due to its expenses being several times higher than
the country's GDP. In such a condition, the government
will be forced to abide by terms and sometimes
unreasonable demands of lending nations, bringing the
whole nation under the burden of interest and pushing
them towards economic disaster. Due to this, it will
be better for all Afghans to fulfill their obligation
in securing the country.
It is also a reality that in the current world, a
country cannot feel secure and at peace without a
powerful defensive system and will have to always feel
at danger. Hence it is necessary that Afghanistan
builds a strong air force alongside a strong ground
force in order to reassure its nation.
We must reiterate that independence is the key
condition because in presence of an occupation, all
this force will be used against its own people and for
the goals of others. We observed in the past decade
that an army built on political foundations gets used
and is used against its people instead of the invasion
and becomes the reason for many tragedies.
3. How can enduring peace be
achieved in Afghanistan
The Islamic Emirate came into to being to bring peace
to its people:
Peace and tranquility is the natural want of all
creatures of Allah Almighty and especially for humans,
who are in need of peace more than any other being.
Today humans have made much progress; for killing and
destruction, it has created small, chemical and
nuclear weapons therefore it is in need of peace more
than ever and efforts must be made for peace.
Islamic Emirate, for peace and order, has given great
sacrifices for this mutual goal whereas it actually
came into being to bring peace and security. The
entire world in aware that the oppressed Afghan nation
faced great difficulties before the Islamic Emirate
came into being; corruption and insecurity had reached
its peak; the life and property of the people were in
constant danger and the country was standing on the
brink of disintegration. The leaders of Islamic
Emirate, with the divine help of Allah Almighty and
backing of its nation, and result of many sacrifices
brought end to all this anarchy such that no one could
have ever imagined and transformed an atmosphere of
insecurity and disorder to that of security and peace.
Taking away security from the Afghan nation under
guise of September incident:
The Islamic Emirate had brought security to 95% of the
country and this displays the responsibility of
Islamic Emirate which it had and still has regarding
the world, region and specifically its own country and
nation. However with great regret, the invaders
deprived the Afghan nation from this great blessing.
They brought insecurity for the Afghan people in this
eleven year war and fighting, brought culture of
injustice and corruption, stirred up market of
killings and murders, over flooded pools with blood,
stuffed prisons with the Afghan people, began
oppression of children, women, old men and youngsters
in villages and homes, created difficulties for the
lives of women which is their most basic and important
right and planted seeds of enmity between Afghanistan
and its neighboring countries.
Some primary problems created by this illegal and
peace-shattering invasion
1. Occupying Afghanistan and disturbing
atmosphere of peace.
2. Forcing an administration on Afghans embroiled in
corruption and narcotics trade.
3. Working to divide the Afghan nation and country on
basis of regional, lingual, tribal, political and
religious animosities.
4. Nurturing narcotics while the Islamic Emirate had
brought it to a complete end.
5. Violating human rights, the most important issue of
which is the life and destiny of women. According to
well established researches, thousands of women are
targets of repression every year, hundreds of whom
have even died.
Invaders and their allies don't have a clear framework
for peace:
Foreigners and Kabul do not have an inclination
towards peace and neither are they ready to abide by
the rules and goals of peace. If the invaders truly
believe in peace, they would have listened to the
legitimate demands of Islamic Emirate in the initial
phase. They should have tested peace before force; if
it had failed to give results then war was a last
resort however they chose war as the first option.
Even now, they state one thing and do another. On the
one hand they say that peace must be achieved an on
the other, they add new people to the black list; they
say that they will leave Afghanistan but sign
strategic pacts in false hopes of prolonging their
occupation. They are doing this despite being well
informed that the Kabul administration can never
represent the Afghan people but still bargain with
them on the future of the Afghan nation.
The Kabul administration does not hold any
jurisdiction or power because the Afghan people, in
their own land and through the medium of Kabul, are
being imprisoned by the invaders! With their presence
and their help, the homes of Afghans are being
recklessly raided by the invaders at night against all
laws and customs; children, women and old men
peacefully asleep are being mercilessly killed and
they are still unable to take any steps against them.
The Kabul administration is does not seem inclined
towards peace due to some steps and because it does
not have a clear framework for peace. On the one hand
it says that it wantd peace and on the other, martyrs
tens of Mujahideen everyday or imprisons them or
forces them to migrate. It shouts for peace but then
unjustly and brutally executes imprisoned Mujahideen
against all international laws!
Sometimes it says it wants to talk with the Islamic
Emirate, sometimes it says it wants to talk to
Pakistan! Such ambiguous actions will never positively
impact the peace process.
In reality, they want surrender of Mujahideen under
the title of peace; give up arms, abide by the
constitution created under the shadow of invaders and
bow your heads to our orders and we won't say anything
to you! Is this peace? Do they think that the Afghan
nation gave colossal sacrifices for the past eleven
years to surrender to the invaders? So that someone
will assure their lives? This clearly shows that they
do not have sincerity and a clear framework for peace.
Malicious propaganda against peace:
Another factor damaging peace are those efforts made
through poisonous propaganda deployed inside the
country which tries to depict reality in another
color. Different types of propaganda is used against
the ongoing Jihad; sometimes it is labeled the work of
neighbors, sometimes as against education and
development and sometimes is accused of causing
civilian casualties but never seem to possess strong
evidence and only reiterates repeated charges. Such
black propaganda only prolongs the war and uproots
chances for peace.
Everyone is aware that members of Islamic Emirate, for
their independent Islamic and national policy, have
not only tasted torture and martyrdom inside their
internal prisons but have also been victims of such
behavior in prisons outside the country. So can men of
such determination and ideology ever become slaves of
others?
The esteemed Amir ul Mumineen (may Allah protect him)
has given strong and clear guidelines to his
Mujahideen, who are still practicing them, in all his
Eid messages regarding destruction of educational
facilities, protection of civilian life and bombings
in places of gatherings which have also been published
in the media. However we can see that some
intelligence agencies are reaching for grotesque
actions (blowing up bridges, throwing acid on faces of
students and targeting civilian vehicles with roadside
bombings) while the Kabul administration has never
given thought to the guidance of Amir ul Mumineen and
is blindly using these incidents as raw material for
its poisonous propaganda. Similarly, they never
release findings of such incidents which show that
these have not been perpetrated by the Mujahideen and
are works of intelligence agencies. They are either
void of courage to announce the reality or believe
keeping silent is in their best interest.
They believe that with such actions, they will
sideline the Islamic Emirate from people and the world
and extend its power a few more days. Peace is being
sacrificed in the long run with such unreasonable
actions and poisonous propaganda. If this keeps
continuing, it will only harm peace, country and the
people.
The Kabul administration and its backers must realize
that such tactics did not bring security to the people
but threw them into raging fire, violated their rights
and prolonged the invasion and will still fail to
bring peace.
How can real peace be achieved?
The situation in Afghanistan is two faceted, one of
which is foreign and the other internal. The foreign
facet is tied to the foreigners and the internal to
the Afghans. How can they reach an understanding so
that, in accordance with the aspirations of the
nation, such an independent Islamic government can
come into being which will guarantee justice,
stability, development, economic growth and
prosperity; wipes the tears of widows and treats the
wounds of the people.
The Islamic Emirate, alongside all its efforts inside
the country, is struggling for a true Islamic system
and enduring peace and considers it vital for human
life and regards the following few points important:
1. For enduring peace, importance must be placed on
the aspirations of the people. The occupation must be
ended as a first step which is the want of the entire
nation because this is the mother of all these
tragedies. Invaders and their allies must realize that
no international power can subdue the power of people
and neither can the quandary end with irresponsible
and unlawful agreements.
2. Islam is the religion of our people and the only
guarantor of the country's economic growth, social
justice and national unity. Without an independent
Islamic government, no other system can solve our
problems because the Muslim Afghan nation will not
accept any other system contradicting a pure
independent Islamic government and they have presented
countless sacrifices for this goal for the past thirty
years and are still sacrificing.
3. Peace needs sincerity and good intention. Common
and national interests must be favored over personal
interests. Peace can only be achieved under these
circumstances and not through deceit and stratagems.
We are seeing that every time the Islamic Emirate
takes steps towards peace, Kabul administration takes
reactive tactical steps which (according to their own
belief) has the potential to derail the peace process
while at the same time not seem counterproductive i.e
when the Islamic Emirate inaugurated its political
office in Doha for peace talks, the Kabul
administration, with the backing and America, recalled
its ambassador to damage the peace process.
4. The leader of Islamic Emirate, the esteemed Amir ul
Muminee (may Allah protect him), clearly stated in his
Eid message that we only have one channel for
political efforts in form of an office and have made
it known to everyone. But still the Kabul
administration, under the title of peace process for
sabotaging peace, makes contacts with people that have
not been appointed by Islamic Emirate for peace talks
and then accuses the Islamic Emirate of trying to
derail peace. Peace is not a game of chess where every
side is laying in ambush for the other rather peace is
a joint responsibility and a mean of giving right to
the entitled. Peace must be looked at with this vision
and ways must be paved for it.
5. The Islamic Emirate welcomes all civil societies
that work for the benefit of the Afghan nation and
abides by Afghan norms and humanity in the light of
Islamic principles.
6. The policy of Islamic Emirate is clear regarding
role of women. It will abide by all those rights given
to women in the noble religion of Islam. Women in
Islam have the right to choose husbands, own property,
right to inheritance and right to education and work.
The Islamic Emirate will safeguard the rights of women
such that their legitimate rights are not violated and
neither is their human dignity and Islamic
requirements endangered under the guise of education
and work.
7. In accordance with rules and regulations of peace,
such bodies should be utilized that believe in the
sanctity of peace and are famously known in the
country as righteous peace brokers. They must consider
establishment of peace as vital for the Afghans and
must not look at it through the lens of a request made
by the foreigners.
8. For peace, talks must practically be given
preference over war. At this very moment, Kabul
administration and its foreign allies are trying to
put pressure on Mujahideen so that they make peace
according to their conditions and this truly increases
hurdles for peace.
9. As long as Mujahideen are imprisoned where they
spend nights in torture and persecution, true peace is
cannot be achieved.
10. The Islamic Emirate wants to interact with the
world and region on basis of mutual respect and
two-way cooperation. It did not harm anyone before
neither will it today or in the future and neither
will it let others use the Afghan soil against others.
To end, a few appeals to the international community
regarding establishment of peace:
1. The whole impartial international community, be
they countries or nations, associations or societies,
especially the International Ulama Council, the
Islamic Conference, Islamic governments and people,
must lend all faceted help to the Afghans in putting
an end to the occupation in order to remove this
hurdle and pave the way for inter-Afghan
understanding.
We specifically ask the member states of United
Nations to stand next to the oppressed Afghan people
as they stood with the Palestinian people. Just as you
did not care about force and pressure from others,
adopt a similar and based-on-realities policy for the
Afghan nation so that on the one hand, help is
rendered to a persecuted nation and on the other, the
tyrants realize that their oppression and cruelty will
no longer be tolerated and they end their wrong
doings.
2. America and those who have allied with them under
different names must answer the calls of the Afghan
and their own nations, withdraw all their troops and
put an end to the killing and oppression of the
helpless Afghans. Instead help them with such that
creates an atmosphere of peace between them.
The step taken by France in this regard is worth
respecting. All the others should follow the footsteps
of France and listen to the wants and interests of
their people. Just as you do not desire killings,
disorder, injustice, corruption and treachery for your
own nations, do not desire it for others either.
3. We especially call on all those nations, whose
governments have sent their sons against their
approval to kill the innocent Afghan people, to take a
page from the French nation and put pressure on their
governments to withdraw its troops from our country.
4. The Islamic Emirate should be granted freedom of
speech. It should be helped in reaching its voice to
the world so they are able to themselves directly
communicate their policy and demands. We also ask the
international community to furnish all members of
Islamic Emirate with facilities and exert efforts in
removing all obstacles.
We thank the government of Japan and officials of
Doshisha University for giving the Islamic Emirate an
opportunity to communicate its views and policies to
the world and now thank the officials of Foundation
for Strategic Research and all other related sides in
helping the Islamic Emirate in this regard. Other
nations, in order to realize the realities, must also
take similar steps.
5. We hope the international media will help properly
reach the voice of the Afghan nation to the region and
the world and accurately show the ground realities to
the people because this is their humanitarian
responsibility and from the ethics of journalism.