Leading Afghanistan: The Right and Responsibility Of the Afghans - The Daily Outlook Afghanistan, print and online English Newspaper

(MENAFN - Daily Outlook Afghanistan) With the announcement of President Joe Biden, the drawdown of all 2,500 U.S. troops in that country will begin May 1 and concludes by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the war. According to president Biden the US delivered justice to bin Laden a decade ago, and they have stayed in Afghanistan for a decade since. Therefore, since then, their reasons for remaining in Afghanistan have been becoming increasingly unclear, even as the terrorist threat that they come to fight has evolved. War On terror, Not War with Al-Qaeda On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four East Coast flights, crashing three of the airplanes into targets in New York and Washington, D.C., with the fourth plane slamming into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back. In the end, 2,977 people died, making it the deadliest attack on U.S. soil in history. The al Qaeda-led attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare a global 'War on Terror military campaign, in which he called on world leaders to join the U.S. in its response. US president made it clear that very nation in every region had a decision to make, either they were with US or they were with the terrorists. It is true that the US has killed Bin Laden, but isn't Al-Qaeda working closely with Taliban in Afghanistan now? According to the US intelligent Agencies and UN reports the Afghan Taliban have kept up a close relationship with Al Qaeda despite having pledged to stop cooperating with terrorist groups, permitting the militants to conduct training in Afghanistan and deploy fighters alongside its forces. The Talibans association with Al Qaeda has continued even though the insurgency signed an agreement with the U.S. a year ago that bans cooperation with or hosting of terrorist groups � and despite a public statement by Trump Administration Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the Taliban had made the break with terrorist groups. In fact, there is still clearly a close relationship between Al Qaeda and the Taliban. It is believed that the top leadership of Al Qaeda is still under Taliban protection. There are 200 to 500 Al Qaeda fighters across about 11 Afghan provinces. As a result, untangling two groups that have lived and fought alongside each other for decades � and have even intermarried � will be difficult. ISIS in Afghanistan Daesh/ISIS militants have moved to Afghanistan from the Middle East and poses a threat not only to Afghanistan but to regional security. As a result, all regional countries are concerned over the deteriorating situation in the border regions of Afghanistan. Regional anti-terrorist structure, the numbers of fighters arriving in the north of the country has continuously been growing. These militants have been moved from Syrian and Iraqi conflict zones and pose a threat to Afghanistan, region and beyond. ISIS terrorist network has claimed responsibility for several bloody terrorist attacks on civillians, religious groups, ANSF in Afghanistan. ISIS terrorists use information and communication technologies in Afghanistan to promote the terrorist ideology, recruit militants, and manage the terror groups sleeper cells. In the best case, the US War on Terror in Afghanistan has been a premature declaration of success and a too-rapid withdrawal is the same as that former U.S. President Barack Obama suffered when he pulled out of Iraq in 2011 that the Islamic State fill the vacuum. As the number and operations of the terrorist groups has increased in Afghanistan Biden's decision could potentially leave the United States in a place similar to where it was pre-9/11: facing a Taliban-dominated host nation for al Qaeda and ISIS. Despite its promises otherwise, the Taliban continue to nurture a close relationship with what remains of the terrorist groups. So, what made the US to Withdraw from Afghanistan? Most Acute Threats and Challenges to the US Currently China, global pandemic and terrorism are as Most Acute Threats and Challenges to the US. China and a global pandemic can be the main reasons behind the US withdrawal from Afghanistan not defeating the terrorist groups or at least defeating Al-Qaeda. In fact, Biden believes as Trump did, Washington has any leverage left with the Taliban. With the premature US-Taliban peace deal, the Afghan peace talks are now doomed. The Taliban have no incentive whatsoever to negotiate anything because they think they will retake. The decision of Withdrawal of the US and NATO forces from Afghanistan has a strategic lesson for the Afghans. It says other countries neither fight for democracy and nor for human rights issues for you; they fight for their vital national interest. Of course, they are not responsible to fight for us or protect our country. It is the duty of Afghan people to put aside their differences and unite against the enemy and protect their homeland. Withdrawal of the US and NATO forces will open a new chapter in the history of Afghanistan. All Afghans have the opportunity to rethink and revise their political behavior. They can address their ethnic, religious and language issues through dialogue and tolerance. What is certain to be at least a partial return of Taliban power even though U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged the United States ongoing commitment to the elected Afghan government. It is clear the first to suffer could well be girls and women, who the Taliban, in their past incarnation in power from 1996 to 2001, kept out of school and public sight. MENAFN18042021000175011038ID1101939393