Reopening Bangladesh Embassy in Kabul &  Neighbours’ Concerns

By Zaheerul Hassan

On July 31 Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni in Dhaka stated that we have decided to reopen Bangladesh embassy in Afghanistan shortly.  The process has been initiated and good news will be shared.  According to the minister an official team will visit Kabul to select the mission building offered by Afghanistan. Bangladesh mission in Kabul was shut down sometime in 1989. Bangladesh embassy or consulates would be opened in Brazil, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone and Portugal. Presently, Bangladesh has 47 missions abroad. She said it is necessary to expand Bangladesh missions abroad considering the interest of Bangladeshi citizens living there and enhancing economic cooperation.

 Reportedly, staff of the Bangladeshi embassy has been trained by New Delhi. A team comprising very senior officials of Bangladesh have visited Indian embassy located in Kabul. There are reports that India would also provide staff in Bangladesh embassy. In fact Indian Intelligence has already got ingress in Bangladesh foreign office and same tactics will be adopted while launching of new embassy in Afghanistan.  Government should keep her eyes open on Bangladesh embassy when it starts working. Since there are chances that RAW agents may comfortably use this embassy as their shelter while fomenting terrorism in Pakistan, Iran, China and Afghanistan. It is also point of concern amongst true Bangladeshi people that sitting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid is trying to religious touch from the society and also has more orientation in establishing the closest ties with India. She has recently issued instructions for the removal of Islamic Books written by famous scholar Madoodi. She has also put the local leaders behind the bar, who were protesting against her un-Islamic thoughts. The Bangladesh Supreme Court's judgment nullifying the 5th Amendment to the Constitution enacted in 1977 is seen as a milestone in restoring the constitutional course of the nation's history.

Bangladesh supreme court under the influence of present government nullified 5th amendment which was incorporated in the constitution in General Ziaur Rahman's tenure. Reportedly, Mrs. Hasina has already constituted a 15-member parliamentary committee to draft a vital amendment in view of the Supreme Court's ruling. The main theme has been given to the committee to promote secularism which means end of Islamic culture in Bangladesh. According to the media reports and reliable recourses Mrs. Hasina has instructed to his staff to close the chapter of   water and border conflicts with India. In fact we can say that Hasina Wajid again started Honey Moon Period of relationship with India. The survey conducted by a local agency revealed that 98% Bangladesh are not ready to leave un-Islamic culture on the name of secularism. They also hate undue interference of India in Bangladesh affairs. In short Mrs. Hasina Wajid seems to be under grave influence of RAW since the agency helped her in coming into power again. She will not able to refuse her masters for using embassies against Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.  Mrs. Hasina graph as popular political leaders is also speedily falling down because of her Indian tilting policies.