The Taliban uninspiring re-emergence
16 August 2021 By Abiodun Giwa
Asraf Ghani, the flee Afghan president (Courtesy: Getty Image)
The Taliban has returned to power in Afghanistan. It is the sickening news that has gripped the world. The report for about one week has been the re-emergence of the Taliban. It begins with the captures of cities and provinces around the country, crowned with its eventual arrival in Kabul -the center of power. President Asraf Ghani fled the country before the Taliban's re-surface in his palace.
News reports said Ghani had fled the country ahead of the Taliban's arrival to avoid bloodshed. However, many observers thought otherwise and said Ghani's departure from the country before the Taliban's entry prevented his imminent death. Moreover, Ghani had been critical of the Taliban of recent enough to know the fate that awaited him if he had failed to flee.
One thing is that Ghani may have thought that the Western powers and Afghan soldiers would be a buffer between his palace and the Taliban. And well assured that the people love the new life under his government devoid of segregation between men and women and a system that has allowed women access to education and work like their menfolk. So, he might not have believed his ears that the Taliban were coming to remove him from office. The Western power also disappointed him. He may have expected the western trained Afghan army to defend him and the country.
The news from Afghanistan about the world's fears concerning what would become womenfolk with the return of the Taliban expresses the evil inherent in a divide and rule system. The Taliban lacks overt support among the population. Another manifest feature of the Taliban is a large number of its fighters are not in uniform. They wear mufti and carry guns. The only form of identification for them as fighters is their gun. They look like ordinary civilians without the weapon. So, no one can pinpoint them on the street as belonging to a dreadful outfit and be arrested if need be.
There may not be an easy way to dislodge the Taliban quickly since it has taken control of the palace. Declaration of an Islamic Caliphate as one of the plans that the new power in the country has to impose on the people is the source of fear. There does not seem to be a way to stop whatever the Taliban has on its sleeves. Since the new government processes in the world are that whoever are the people in power
in society can do whatever they like. It demonstrates that an evil regime and its impact on the people no longer seem to matter.
The people from the West are hurrying out of the way in Afghanistan. They fear mayhem, and their governments are sending aircraft to evacuate them. Chaos is the best word to describe the situation at the Kabul airport, where reports said five people or more have died, and their bodies litter the floor. Attention will continue to be focused on the Taliban and Afghanistan as the new power-holders settle down and unfold their plans for the Afghans.
One question on the observers' lips is that Ghani may choose to fight from wherever he has chosen to hibernate. At least to show the world that he has not surrendered power. There is an opinion that bothers on the possibility of another civil war in Afghanistan. Whatever the Taliban has on the table has not the approval of the majority of Afghans.
News reports said Ghani had fled the country ahead of the Taliban's arrival to avoid bloodshed. However, many observers thought otherwise and said Ghani's departure from the country before the Taliban's entry prevented his imminent death. Moreover, Ghani had been critical of the Taliban of recent enough to know the fate that awaited him if he had failed to flee.
One thing is that Ghani may have thought that the Western powers and Afghan soldiers would be a buffer between his palace and the Taliban. And well assured that the people love the new life under his government devoid of segregation between men and women and a system that has allowed women access to education and work like their menfolk. So, he might not have believed his ears that the Taliban were coming to remove him from office. The Western power also disappointed him. He may have expected the western trained Afghan army to defend him and the country.
The news from Afghanistan about the world's fears concerning what would become womenfolk with the return of the Taliban expresses the evil inherent in a divide and rule system. The Taliban lacks overt support among the population. Another manifest feature of the Taliban is a large number of its fighters are not in uniform. They wear mufti and carry guns. The only form of identification for them as fighters is their gun. They look like ordinary civilians without the weapon. So, no one can pinpoint them on the street as belonging to a dreadful outfit and be arrested if need be.
There may not be an easy way to dislodge the Taliban quickly since it has taken control of the palace. Declaration of an Islamic Caliphate as one of the plans that the new power in the country has to impose on the people is the source of fear. There does not seem to be a way to stop whatever the Taliban has on its sleeves. Since the new government processes in the world are that whoever are the people in power
in society can do whatever they like. It demonstrates that an evil regime and its impact on the people no longer seem to matter.
The people from the West are hurrying out of the way in Afghanistan. They fear mayhem, and their governments are sending aircraft to evacuate them. Chaos is the best word to describe the situation at the Kabul airport, where reports said five people or more have died, and their bodies litter the floor. Attention will continue to be focused on the Taliban and Afghanistan as the new power-holders settle down and unfold their plans for the Afghans.
One question on the observers' lips is that Ghani may choose to fight from wherever he has chosen to hibernate. At least to show the world that he has not surrendered power. There is an opinion that bothers on the possibility of another civil war in Afghanistan. Whatever the Taliban has on the table has not the approval of the majority of Afghans.
