Afghan Commentary Post

حزب طرح نو د نوی صرحی ګوند سیمه ایزخپلواکی او ملی یوالی خود داری محلی ووحدت ملی مرام ما ماخواهان ادره محلی توسط مردم محل وخواهان عدم تمرکزقدرت هستیم زیرا محول نمودن عادلانه قدرت ازمرکزبه محلات یک رکن مهم دررشداقتصاد، عدالت اجتماعی وثبات سیاسی درجهان امروزی تلقی میگردد. علل الرغم انچه در گزشته ها که تصامیم همواره درافغانستان ازیک مرجع صادرمیګردید، امروزافغانستان ایجاب یک سیستم سیاسی جدید ا میکند که با شرایط که درچهل سال گزشته بوجود امده مطابقت نماید وما این سیستم را سیستم عدم مرکزیت میدانیم. ما خواهان افغانستان هستیم که همشهریان ازتمام ازادی های فردی برخوردار بوده و مجبورساخته نشوند تا ازحقوق قانونی شان محروم شوند. ما به این باور هستیم که احترام به حقوق انفرادی همشهریان یکی ازایجابات مهم حکومت داری خوب است. ما به این عقیده هستیم که صلح پایدار نمیتواند بدون احترام به ازادی های فردی و بدون مبارزه با فساد اداری وعرف مسولت نا پزیزی تامین شود. ډرنتیجه ما ازحقوق انفرادی همشهریان که جق دارند که درمظاهرات مسالمت امیز اشتراک کنند دفاع میکنیم. ما خواهان یک نظام سیاسی همه شمول هستیم...

Local Authonomy and national unity Preamblenomy Afghans sAfghans for a federalist monarchy (AFMFP), we seek to promote local autonomyand advocate adecentralization of governance, which is the key factor in shaping effective, fair and healthy economic, political and socialconditions throughout the world. Rather than the top-down, centralized decision-making that characterized Afghanistan’s previous governance systems, today’s Afghanistan requires a new system that is in harmony with the new socio-political dynamic that emerged over the past forty years. Statement of Principle We seek an Afghanistan in which citizens are sovereign over their own lives and are not forced to sacrifice their values for the benefit of others. We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous governance, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized. Consequently, we defe...

President Joe Biden faces the unfinished business of a long, half-solved American war in Afghanistan. For him to complete the victory,he has to untangle the root causes of the conflict. By Wahab Raofi As U.S. President Joe Biden takes office, he will find an old dossier on his desk, and he’ll have to decide what to do about it. It’s the Afghanistan case, and it could become his first foreign policy crisis. Bidenis familiar with the issue.Hewatched the Afghanistan problem heat up throughout his eight years as Barack Obama’svice president, but now he finds himself personally confronted bya half-solved war. His predecessor, Donald Trump,signed an agreement with the Taliban in Februaryof 2020 to completely withdraw all U.S.troops from Afghanistan. Although thousands of U.S. troops have come home, about 2,500 U.S. military members are still there. For Joe Biden to close the page on this thorny issue, he will need to tackle the root cause of the protracted conflict. What effective measures...

As Pakistan Military Power Ebbs, World Benefits Summary: Pakistan’s military, which has dominated the country for much of its history, is losing its grip on the government. If democracy is ever to flourish in Pakistan, the Army must stay in their barracks. By Wahab Raofi Social change doesn’t happen without a cause. It can be triggered by unaddressed grievances, social injustice, a pandemic, natural disasters or other crises.The pain of such causes can result in positive and productive change, and Pakistan could be on the brink of such a transition right now. Since its foundation in 1947, Pakistan has spent much of its existence under military rule, as the Army continually violates its constitutional mandate. Even when out of power, the military has exerted behind-the-scenes influence to maintain its firm grip on the political system and national security.But this beginning to change. In the past month, anew alliance of 11 political parties called the Pakistan Democratic Movement held...

A Solution to Afghanistan’s Crippled System Summary: If Afghanistan is ever to achieve long-lasting peace, it must decentralize its government. By Wahab Raofi After a decade of bloody conflict, delegations from Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban convened in Doha,Qatar,to negotiate a peace agreement. Initiated early in September, the eventwas touted by some as “unprecedented” in the country’s recent history and hailed an historic moment for Afghans. However, those familiar with Afghan history know thatthis is not the first, nor will it be the lastsuch attempt at peace. Afghans have repeatedly held such talks to re-establish governments or shattered systems. The agonyis that every time they do so, they do it on a foundationof the debris of that which has already collapsed. The Doha meeting is no different from previous such gatherings. For example, after the Taliban regime was overthrown by the United States in 2001, delegations from Afghan political factionsmet in Bonn, Germany,...

 B y Wahab Raofi   Pakistan is trying to gain a foothold in neighboring Afghanistan by imposing its proxy – the Taliban regime– on Afghans. The effort likely will blow up in Pakistan’s face, simply because they are ignoring the adage that “you can rent an Afghan, but you can’t buy him.” For Pakistan’s plan to work, it must trust the Taliban in Afghanistan, and if history has taught us anything, it’s that nobody can trust the Taliban.  Pakistan’s goal – to get your neighbor under your thumb – is a relic from he nineteenth century and isn’t practical in the twenty-first century’s globalized economy and connectivity technology. Pakistan would benefit more from fostering trade with its neighbor. Every time a bomb explodes in Afghanistan, a finger is pointed at Pakistan, accused of arming the Taliban, whose control and command center is in Pakistan. The Pakistani side of the story is that the Afghan government, in collaboration with India (a rival of Pakistan),...

Published in Stars & Stripes To be clear, I don’t want to sound like a pessimist. I welcome any step, no matter how small, taken toward bringing peace to my native Afghanistan. The signing of the peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban   fed hope that the deal would lead to another agreement between the Taliban and the Afghan government. But the Taliban has refused to engage, calling the Afghan government a “servant of foreigners.” So any optimism at this point would appear to be misplaced.The Taliban continues to attack Afghan security forces. The New York Times reported that during the month of May,at least 285 pro-government forces were killed by such attacks, and 155 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan in the last three weeks.The Taliban has only intensified their attacks. Despite the spike in violence, the Afghan government stands ready to hold talks with the Taliban, according to a government spokesperson.   For t...