Afghan blast aimed at hurting peace process

TALIBAN IS THE INTOLERANT AND DESTRUCTIVE FACE OF A DISTORTED INTERPRETATION OF RELIGION CONTINUES TO UPEND SOCIAL HARMONY AND PEACE

Afghanistan and tragic incidents have become synonymous. In yet another horrific incident a massive blast in a residential area of Kabul killed at least 16 people. The savage bombing comes at a time when the Taliban, Afghan government and the USA are trying to forge an agreement for a peaceful future plus the reduction of American forces in the war torn and severely volatile country.  Extremists do not want peace to prevail and Taliban is a force for evil that must be checked.

Taliban is the intolerant and destructive face of a distorted interpretation of religion continues to upend social harmony and peace. Unfortunately peace has eluded Afghanistan since the late 1970s when the country became the clashing point for Cold War rivals, the USSR and the USA. Though the Russians left in the face of an internal insurgency supported by the US and Pakistan the country never managed to come back to normalcy with disparate warlords fighting against one other and the Taliban imposing a regressive rule.

While the Talibans are no longer in power, they have a formidable role and unless a compromise is reached with them, stability in the country will continue to be a chimera. There cannot be any dialogue with IS simply because this organisation believes in and propagates death, killing and destruction. So many years of military intervention in Afghanistan and other parts of the world has shown that IS’s deadly ideology can influence and proselytize love wolves across the world and countering the damage caused by such individuals is almost impossible for government bodies or law enforcers. The practical approach should be to enhance security in Afghanistan at all social events and raise a militia from the people who will be given charge of ensuring security at their own events.

It also must be said that the US presence in Afghanistan fuels a lot of resentment and maybe the driving force behind IS’s attacks. It may be in the interest of all if foreign forces leave the country and allow the leaders of different clans to forge unity and hold elections. The twin evils of Taliban and IS can only be tackled when the country’s people unite to take a stand against all forms of extremism. The onus to create unity lies on the Afghans themselves.

 

 

Afghan blast aimed at hurting peace process

TALIBAN IS THE INTOLERANT AND DESTRUCTIVE FACE OF A DISTORTED INTERPRETATION OF RELIGION CONTINUES TO UPEND SOCIAL HARMONY AND PEACE

Afghanistan and tragic incidents have become synonymous. In yet another horrific incident a massive blast in a residential area of Kabul killed at least 16 people. The savage bombing comes at a time when the Taliban, Afghan government and the USA are trying to forge an agreement for a peaceful future plus the reduction of American forces in the war torn and severely volatile country. Extremists do not want peace to prevail and Taliban is a force for evil that must be checked. Taliban is the intolerant and destructive face of a distorted interpretation of religion continues to upend social harmony and peace. Unfortunately peace has eluded Afghanistan since the late 1970s when the country became the clashing point for Cold War rivals, the USSR and the USA. Though the Russians left in the face of an internal insurgency supported by the US and Pakistan the country never managed to come back to normalcy with disparate warlords fighting against one other and the Taliban imposing a regressive rule. While the Talibans are no longer in power, they have a formidable role and unless a compromise is reached with them, stability in the country will continue to be a chimera. There cannot be any dialogue with IS simply because this organisation believes in and propagates death, killing and destruction. So many years of military intervention in Afghanistan and other parts of the world has shown that ISs deadly ideology can influence and proselytize love wolves across the world and countering the damage caused by such individuals is almost impossible for government bodies or law enforcers. The practical approach should be to enhance security in Afghanistan at all social events and raise a militia from the people who will be given charge of ensuring security at their own events. It also must be said that the US presence in Afghanistan fuels a lot of resentment and maybe the driving force behind ISs attacks. It may be in the interest of all if foreign forces leave the country and allow the leaders of different clans to forge unity and hold elections. The twin evils of Taliban and IS can only be tackled when the countrys people unite to take a stand against all forms of extremism. The onus to create unity lies on the Afghans themselves.