Because the war is not over in Afghanistan
The article by Giuseppe Gagliano
According to reports from Tolo news , 8 members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a Taliban attack on the Julga district, in the province of Baghlan. In light of these latest news, local sources stress that if reinforcements are not sent, the district risks falling into the hands of the Taliban.
Suffice it to say that numerous clashes and attacks between soldiers and the Taliban have occurred in at least 10 provinces in the last 24 hours. In fact, on Friday a military outpost in the district of Jawand, in the northwestern province of Badghis, was captured by the Taliban and seven soldiers were killed in the attack.
What conclusions can we draw from the continuing attacks being carried out in Afghanistan?
The conflict between the Taliban and the current Islamic state will continue to flourish only and only if the current situation of instability, intrinsic corruption and above all the lack of political legitimacy of the authority of Kabul but above all for the obvious and natural hatred remains. towards Westerners.
As we have repeatedly observed in our articles on Afghanistan, the Taliban are expanding their control of the territory month after month. Just think of the decisive role they play in controlling the villages which are the real social fabric of Afghanistan.
Secondly, we must never forget the role Pakistan has played through its secret services and the role they have played in financing terrorism.
Thirdly, it is difficult to deny that after twenty years of American presence and billions of dollars spent to stabilize Afghanistan, the economic situation has certainly not improved and, above all, that its political actions have not become more legitimate or authoritative. In fact, the total resources destined for reconstruction in Afghanistan have now exceeded the total of US aid that was destined for the Marshall Plan.
The fourth factor that we would like to underline is that relating to the fact that both the armed forces and the police are far from being able to carry out an effective counter-insurgency or in any case to combat widespread and widespread terrorism.
On the other hand, it is certainly no mystery that, for example, petrol is sold on the black market, nor is it a mystery that many departments once obtained the license go into hiding.
Among the certainly numerous reasons for the failure of the military operations implemented in Afghanistan – and this is the fifth aspect – there is certainly the absence of a clear strategy, the absence of obvious objectives, the absence of a genuinely realistic policy, that is the lack of a clear long-term goal.
Another aspect that cannot be overlooked is NATO's inability to recognize defeat. On the other hand, already in 2011 those who spoke of the need to implement a transition to use a euphemistic expression.
In short, as during the Vietnam War, also during the Afghanistan war, the United States proved to be a giant with feet of clay that used sophisticated technological equipment to counter an asymmetrical war.
Let us not forget that the United States has only won a traditional war, the one against Hussein's Iraq. For this reason it is difficult to deny that by the United States there is no effective use of force since they carry out wrong wars with confused or otherwise controversial objectives and on the other hand the defeat in Afghanistan is the demonstration of how the defeats related to the Vietnam war are were soon forgotten.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/perche-in-afghanistan-la-guerra-non-e-finita/ on Sun, 06 Jun 2021 08:17:35 +0000.