Taliban are a Sunni Islamic
fundamentalist political movement and military organization in Afghanistan
currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within Afghanistan. Taliban was Founder by Mohammed
Omar in 1994.
How Was Taliban Formed?
After the Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan in 1979,
Islamic mujahedeen fighters engaged in war with those Soviet forces. Some of
those Islamic fighters would later transform into the Taliban according to
Professor Carole Hillenbrand who stated: "The West helped the Taliban to
fight the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan"
Although there isn't any evidence that the CIA directly
supported the Taliban or Al Qaeda, some basis for military support of the
Taliban was provided when, in the early 1980s, the CIA and the ISI provided
arms to Afghans resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the ISI
assisted the process of gathering radical Muslims from around the world to
fight against the Soviets. Osama Bin Laden was one of the key players in
organizing training camps for the foreign Arab volunteers, although his
organization, Maktab al-Khidamat, was exclusively Saudi funded.
A power vacuum created by After the
withdrawal of Soviet troop from Afghanistan in 1989. the country was torn apart
by warring mujahedeen groups and the ISI of Pakistan grasped the chance to
wield power in the region by fostering a previously unknown Kandahari student
movement. They continued to support the Taliban, as Pakistani allies, in their
push to conquer Afghanistan in the 1990s.
USA In Picture.
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| Marines In Afghanistan |
The USA has been fighting it's longest war in Afghanistan
since 2001 with no concrete results. This came at a cost of thousands of
civilian as well as military lives and billions of dollars to the US exchequer.
The Taliban have been refusing talks for the last 17 years with the government,
in the hopes of recapturing Kabul. This hasn't been the case so far as the
institutions in the country have become stronger than before, with a strong
Afghan army and police along with foreign troops. Even though they have been
able to conduct many high profile attacks in the country, they are yet to
establish a proper base in the major cities. There is not a single provincial
capital over which they have complete control.
After the US Army overthrew the Taliban in 2001 and established a legitimate government, the country has taken rapid strides in societal reforms. The enrollment of girls in schools has increased, and there is a significant proportion of female politicians in both the lower and upper houses of the parliament. The withdrawal of NATO troops in 2014 also discredited the Afghan cause for war as it is now seen as perpetuating the war. All this led to very low support for the Taliban from the Afghan population. now seen as perpetuating the war. All this led to very low support for the Taliban from the Afghan population.
After the US Army overthrew the Taliban in 2001 and established a legitimate government, the country has taken rapid strides in societal reforms. The enrollment of girls in schools has increased, and there is a significant proportion of female politicians in both the lower and upper houses of the parliament. The withdrawal of NATO troops in 2014 also discredited the Afghan cause for war as it is now seen as perpetuating the war. All this led to very low support for the Taliban from the Afghan population. now seen as perpetuating the war. All this led to very low support for the Taliban from the Afghan population.
Why Is USA Talking Now?
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| Who Controls What? |
The US has been fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan since
2001. According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report
published in October 2007, the US wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan could cost $3
trillion by 2018.
Things are getting out of control for US. The only thing US government is doing is, wasting its capital in Afghanistan. So now they have started withdrawing their forces. And after the a proper agreement with Taliban US will completely withdraw the forces.
Peace Talks
- The US and Taliban have reached an in principal agreement on a framework for complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, according to America official. The US representative said that the Taliban would prevent its territory from being used for terrorism.
- The American withdrawal from the region could lead to the destabilization of the Afghani government, the Taliban has refused to acknowledge the government of Ashraf Ghani.
- The Americans have been pressurizing the Taliban to talk to the government directly, but the Taliban has insisted on finalizing a date of troop withdrawal before beginning negotiation with the Afghan Government.
- The US withdrawal also concerns Pakistan as it may lead to a strengthening of the Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban, who took refuge in Afghanistan, killed 132 children in an army school in Peshawar in 2014.
- India also has a presence in the country after the construction of strategic Chabahar port in Iran ond the highway that link it ti Kabul. The bilateral trade between the nation is poised to cross $2 billion by 2020.
