Afghanistan: USA to retain
troops permanently?
-DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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Obviously, Americans leading the NATO entered Afghanistan not to
save it from the “enemies” but to occupy it, if possible, forever.
Pentagon drove the troops into Afghanistan when Russian left it after
occupying it for over a decade.
The Cold war foes continue to outsmart
one another by interfering militarily in the domestic affairs of other nations.
Sept-11 hoax remains the crudest symbol
of imperialism and the worst ever war strategy executed for a long illegal war
being waged by the US led NATO rogue states on an Islamizing Afghanistan.
The NY attack helped the US forces to
invade as many Muslim nations as possible during the last 13 years.
Afghan invasion was followed up by attacking Pakistan, Iraq, and Libya
and destabilization process in Syria.
After staying there for over a decade
now, killing millions and destroying property worth trillions of dollars, the
US strategists now say Afghanistan is a dead end street But the Old Silk
route is partially now under US control.
Upon fully destabilizing the nation of
brave Afghans, Americans now say Afghanistan requires peace. Many Americans
suggest the USA takes all Karzai’s his property and houses in Maryland and
those of his family who have taken "cash in suitcases" from us.
After declaring to leave Afghanistan,
USA is now talking about the presence of terror troops beyond this year for at
least 10 years. . In this connection, the US President Obama met his senior
military commanders to discuss the American presence in Afghanistan as
officials in Kabul confirmed President Hamid Karzai's government has been
holding secret talks with the so-called Taliban insurgents.
Washington has signaled it could pull
all troops out after 2014 unless a deal is signed soon. This would leave
Afghanistan's fledgling security forces to fight the Taliban insurgency alone,
without U.S. financial and military support. The Taliban have vowed to derail
the election, and have stepped up attacks in Kabul despite the peace talks.
January's tally of attacks was the highest since 2008, according to security
officials, and the trend has continued into February, with two bombs going off
in Kabul recently.
Obama's talks with US military
commanders focused on whether US troops will remain in Afghanistan after this
year, as they end their 13-year mission in the country that began shortly after
the September 11, 2001 hoax. US troops helped oust the Taliban regime from
power. The Islamic Taliban rulers reportedly had refused to hand over al Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden to CIA, and have since changed their tactics, have
been helping the Kabul government fight the group. No decisions on troop levels
were made at the meeting.
The USA said it welcomed any talks that
would bring peace to Afghanistan. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said
they long strongly supported an Afghan-led reconciliation, which would, of
course, be Afghans talking to Afghans. She added that the United States was not
in discussions with the Taliban. "So the notion that we wouldn't support
that dialogue is inaccurate." In Kabul, Karzai's spokesman Aimal Faizi
confirmed the government was holding talks with the Taliban in the hope of
persuading them to make peace. "Taliban are willing more than ever to join
the peace process," Aimal Faizi said, Contacts have been made and we are
also in touch with them."
Washington would like to leave more
than 10,000 troops in Afghanistan for so-called counter-terrorism and training
of Afghan forces. But Karzai has refused thus far to sign a bilateral security
agreement (BSA) that Washington insists must be approved before it will agree
to leave the troops behind.
Afghanistan always doubted the
seriousness of the pentagon proposal for Afghan security. Afghan puppet
President Hamid Karzai said in 2013 that "no pressure, no threats and no
psychological war" will force him to sign a US deal allowing foreign
forces to remain in the country past a planned withdrawal at the end of this
year. The Bilateral Security Agreement would allow about 10,000 U.S. troops and
about 6,000 from allied nations to remain in Afghanistan past 2014, largely to
“help train” Afghanistan security forces.
The US had wanted the deal to be signed
by Dec. 31 because it needs time to prepare to keep thousands of US troops in
the country for up to a decade. NATO allies also have said they won't stay if
the Americans pull out.
Karzai repeatedly declined to sign the
document, instead saying he wants to wait to sign it after the country elects
his successor in the coming April 5 presidential election. Karzai also repeated
his demand for the US to jumpstart peace talks with the Taliban as a condition
for him signing the agreement. Karzai's refusal comes as he's increasingly
ramped up his anti-American rhetoric in speeches. "Afghanistan will never
be ready to sign anything under pressure, never Afghanistan will be ready to
sign anything under pressure," Karzai told journalists at a news
conference. "No pressure, no threats and no psychological war against our
people will force us to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement."
The Taliban on their part have refused
to talk directly with Karzai, his government or its representatives.
Separately, Karzai criticized a detention facility on the US-run Bagram Air
Field north of Kabul. Karzai referred to Bagram as a "Taliban-producing
factory" where he said innocent Afghans are tortured into hating their
country. He also said he'd been trying to close it for some six years.
A member of Afghanistan's High Peace
Council also confirmed that talks had taken place, but was measured in his
assessment of their success. Talks took place in Dubai three weeks ago between
government officials and Taliban who flew from Doha, but the sides are still
waiting to see the result. Western and Afghan officials also said the talks had
borne little fruit so far. The contacts had not even progressed as far as
opening negotiations for a tangible peace agreement.
A White House spokeswoman, Laura Lucas
Magnuson, said Obama had a useful, constructive meeting with top military
officials."The president continues to weigh inputs from military
officials, as well as the intelligence community, our diplomats, and
development experts and has not yet made decisions regarding the post-2014 U.S.
presence," Magnuson said.
Karzai's relationship with Washington
has come under increasing pressure since November, when he announced his
intention to avoid signing the BSA until after a presidential election on April
5. His decision to drop a deal that had taken about a year to hammer out
shocked Western diplomats.
The uncertainty about Afghanistan's
fate after US troops pull out has also weighed on the Afghan economy. Karzai's
refusal to sign is sapping already scant support for the illegal war in
Washington, which has murdered millions of Muslims and halved aid for civilian
assistance in the fiscal year 2014.
As the UN, UNSC and ICJ and ICC, World
Bank, IMF are among the US controlled agencies, while countries like
Russia, China, France and Germany play second fiddle to Washington terror
muses, there is nothing that humanity can do end the global imperialism.
Can any nation , if not UN, stop
NATO from over staying in Afghanistan or any other Muslim nation where
they have stationed terror troops?
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