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Americans, Taliban terrorists 'collaborated' to defeat Afghan liberal, democratic forces

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak* 

Many commentators from different ideological orientations provide a false equivalence of American withdrawal from Afghanistan with the fall of Saigon. It is false because American imperialism was thoroughly defeated by the revolutionary programmes and fighting spirit of Viet Cong. It led to rise of united, egalitarian, democratic, peaceful, and prosperous Vietnam.
On the other hand, the imperialist invasion has ruined the culture, society, economy and politics of Afghanistan. It has weakened the progressive, liberal, secular and democratic forces in the country. It destroyed the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) which was beacon of secular and progressive politics in the region. It has empowered the terrorists and religious right-wing forces.
Kabul has fell into the hands of Taliban on August 15, 2021 after the compromise and retreat of American imperialist forces. The American imperialist invasion is the only similarity between Afghanistan and Vietnam. America and its imperialist allies are successful in destroying Afghanistan and destabilising the regional and world peace.
The anti-Vietnam war and the defeat of America in Vietnam led to rise of solidarity movements across the world and contributed to the deepening of democracy, solidarity and peace. Therefore, there is absolutely no resemblance between Kabul and Saigon in terms its ideological formations and outcomes.
After 20 years of imperialist war in Afghanistan, White House National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne calls Taliban terrorists as ‘business like professionals’. She said, "The Taliban have been cooperative in facilitating the departure of American citizens and lawful permanent residents on charter flights".
The statement reflects the collaboration between American imperialism and Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan. The aim of the invasion was to empower terrorists, enable Taliban to control Afghanistan, expand defence industry by accelerating conflicts and instabilities in the region. American imperialism and its western European allies have successfully achieved this goal.
Historically, American imperialism has created the Taliban, nurtured it with financial support, military training, supplied arms and ammunition and empowered it further in 2021. They complement each other. The radicalisation of people in a reactionary path is an integral strategy of the imperialist forces.
This objective was achieved successfully in Afghanistan with deaths and destitution of thousands of people and their families. The people in Afghanistan and American-led coalition forces have lost their lives for the sake of imperialist adventures to uphold interests of global capitalism and divert attentions from the failures of global capitalism.
The imperialist alliance claims to justify war and invasion in another country in the name of freedom, democracy and women’s empowerment. But in reality, it helps to defeat democracy, secularism and peace and aid reactionary forces to cause instability which helps American domination. It also destroys citizen’s ability to fight reactionary forces in countries like Afghanistan.
There is absolutely no resemblance between American withdrawal from Kabul and Saigon in ideological formations and outcomes
So, imperialism and its allies can never be the champions of democracy, human rights and can never fight terrorism. The everyday practice of imperialist powers show that imperialist regimes support dictatorships, authoritarian, religious right-wing forces, reactionary and anti-democratic politics. Imperialism is the enemy of people and their planet.
The troika of imperialist adventure, capitalist plunder and terrorism move together as unbreakable biblical brethren that ravaged the world. Poverty, violence, death and destitutions are four fundamental outcomes of this troika. There is no humanitarian war and democratic violence. But these ideas are promoted by the war mongering foreign policy and neo-colonial diplomacy that upholds the elite shareholders of defence industry based in west. These forces are responsible for the tragedies of our times.
The imperialist wars and invasions only diverts people’s attention from the failures of ruling and non-ruling elites of the capitalist system. It weakens peace, democracy and citizenship rights. It is within this context, the American retreat from Afghanistan is not a defeat of imperialism but a strategic victory for its core ideological values. 
The imperialist transformations in Afghanistan and in other parts of the world are ongoing. These reactionary transformations are posing serious threats to human lives, liberties and peace in the planet.
It is time for the progressive, democratic, liberal, secular and socialist forces to work in solidarity with suffering people across the globe to support people’s struggle against imperialism, capitalism and terrorism. Only progressive people’s struggles can end imperialist wars, neo-colonial capitalism and ensure democracy, peace and prosperity.
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*University of Glasgow, UK

Comments

samir sardana said…

Y DID LOSE 3-6 BILLION USD IN AFGHANUSTAN

The Indian Clowns and their pipedreams in Afghanistan !

In 2013,Karzai gave Hajigak iron ore reserve, in the Bamiyan province,to SAIL.

Net Result = Karzai is HISTORY ! A Relic like the Bamiyan - w/o a statue to his name and his name erased,from the airport also !

Doom Follows ....the India lovers !

Let us see the map of the world.WHERE WILL THE IRON ORE GO ? TO MAKE STEEL ! IN INDIA ? OR WILL IT TO IRAN ! FOR WHAT ? TO MAKE STEEL ? IRAN HAS ORES !

SO PLAN TO EXPORT IT FROM CHABAHAR ! CHABAHAR IS HISTORY ! HA HA HA HA HA !

Doom Follows ....where India goes !

Or SAIL WAS TO EXPORT THE ORE,VIA PORT QASIM ? AFTER THE LONG ROAD AND RAIL FREIGHT,AND TT (TALIBAN TOLL)

OR WAS SAIL TO SELL THE ORE,TO PSM - PAKISTAN STEEL MILLS ?

OR WAS SAIL GOING TO SET UP A STEEL PLANT,IN BAMIYAN ? TO USE THE ORE ?????????????? AND EXPORT THE STEEL TO TAJIKS OR PRC OR PAKISTAN !

MADNESS - THY HAS NO QUOTIENT OR NUMERATOR OR DENOMINATOR !

Y DID THE INDIANS USE SAIL TO SET UP THE JV ?

SIMPLE ! TO PAY OFF KARZAI ! SAIL "OUTBID" THE PRIVATE COMPETITION !

Y ?

WHAT HAS SAIL INVESTED TO DATE ?

ZERO !

ORIGIN OF SPECIES !

WHICH IS Y I WONDER,Y AND HOW THE GADWALI WEASEL AJIT DOVAL,SPENT YEARS IN PAKISTAN AS A SPY !

WHAT WAS ISI AND DOVAL SMOKING THEN ?

SIMPLE ! ORGANIC OPIUM MADE BY TALIBAN !

BUT IT DAMAGED DOVAL'S BRAIN ! dindooohindoo

INDIA HAS LOST 25000 CRORES IN AFGHANISTAN,AND WITH IMPUTED COST RS 65000 CRORES.INDIA HAS NO TOILETS,NO SCHOOLS,NO HOSPITALS,NO MEDICAL OXYGEN ............................

Y DID THE INDIAN DUDS LOSE RS 65,000 CRORES IN KABUL ?

AND THAT MY AUDIENCE,IS THE WMD OF THE TALIBAN ! OPIUM AND ITS IMPACT ON DOVAL'S BRAIN !



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