August 15 is a decisive date for Indians and Afghanistan, but for diametrically opposite reasons. Indians won their freedom 75 years ago. Afghan people lost them last year when the Taliban 2.0 stormed back to power in Kabul, took the world and might surprise themselves. The Rag-Tag religious fanatical movement has succeeded in demeaning the power of the coalition led by the most powerful state on the planet.
But first -first the key question: Is the Taliban Ultraconservative an anomaly in our world with dominant democratic society? The answer that is guarded is ‘maybe no’! The reason is that there is space for different dispensation. If the dictatorship of military, invaders, communism, socialist, aristocracy, monarchy, theocracy, oligarchy, authoritarian and totalitarian regime (like North Korea) exists even today, then why not the theological entity that is very orthodox -7 century?
The fact is that centuries of living side by side within the limits of several countries, and thousands of years, in a greater expanse. Even today there are pockets of hunting tribes, which live in natural conditions, in some countries including India (Sentinelese in the Bengal Islands Bay, Andaman Tribe, etc.). On the other hand, humanity is preparing to land on Mars. The most sacred and most sacred people inhabit our planet! Like it or not, we need to recognize extreme reality in our midst.
That the Taliban can do its return after 20 years, and the dispensation of murder such as ISIS can survive in a fairly large area for many years, shows that this medieval ideology has resonance with at least the aspect of the periphery of the global population. Therefore, if we can’t expect it, we have no choice but to face it. But are we ready or know how to do it? The answer that is guarded once again is ‘maybe not’!
Taliban 1.0 is shunned like an outbreak by the whole world except their mentor, Pakistan, as well as Saudi Arabia and UAE. In a short time Afghanistan became a hive of terror tissue bee. IC 814 hijackers in December 1999 forced India to hand over Masood Azhar in Kandahar from where the Taliban helped him disappear. The terrible massacre plan for the 9/11 was hatched on his land which produced a ‘war against terror’ for two decades.
Once again with Pakistani protection, the Taliban returned the dramatic return one year ago. The basic ideology of the formation of the Puritan Islamic Emirates attached to the principles of the Pashtun Pre-Islam and Wahhabi Syariah-Tetap-Tetap tribal codes did not change. This conceded a minimum role or space for women, non-Muslims and minorities; Metees came a severe punishment for distorted people; consider most forms of entertainment as immoral and mocking the western concepts of human rights and freedom. As a result, Afghan women are once again at the end of the recipient.
Nearly 400 civilians have been killed by a new regime. Apart from the promise of Amnesty, the targeted violence against former Afghan armed force members, dissidents and journalists has increased significantly, “reported The Economist. The security situation has increased significantly.
Once again Jihad clothes are suspected of finding protection in Afghanistan. Real evidence is the detection and elimination of Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Head of Al-Qaeda, by an American drone on July 31 in the heart of Kabul City. The Taliban preserved ignorance and still ‘investigated’ this problem.