لراوبر ویب پاڼه لراوبر يو افغان – تازه خبرونه
It is clear cut that Pashtuns constitute majority, about 70%, of Afghanistan’s current population, however they are sidelined and subdued by relatively small factions of Afghanistan in various aspects: taking from governmental key posts, foreign bursaries, controlling Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions and vanquishing Pashto language on national and international level to seizing major US and NATO contracts and banking systems.
This doesn’t elucidate that the majority (Pashtuns) are not able governing this mountainous country or do not have the capacity, where they inhabited for millenniums, they know every valley, mountain and alley of this country; they have began the political history of modern Afghanistan, dated back with Hotaki dynasty coming into power in 1706, and more vividly when great Ahmad Shah Durrani created modern Afghanistan in 1747.
Pashtuns are largely confounded for current instability in the region and even in the world, scores are killed every day, their houses are razed and bombarded for the crime they never committed or known.
They are alienated from international community to a great extent by Pashtun antagonist evils, and deprived of various rights in a country they predominate for centuries, in a country they safeguarded during various periods of history, defeating every invader of the time thus proclaiming a heroic name for this land: Graveyard of Empires; a land invaded, yet never conquered.
Pashtuns are sidelined by international community and relatively small factions, recently a secret investigation conducted by a UN agency in capital city, Kabul, where all administrative organs are located, the survey found that 720 out of 900 key administrative posts are held by ethnic minorities compared to 180 posts held by ethnic majority (Pashtuns), disclosed by an official of the UN agency talking on condition of anonymity because of the seriousness of revelation. Tajiks and Hazaras have clinched important army, judicial, police, prosecution and detention posts. According to New York Times report, Tajiks have occupied 70% top Afghan army commanding posts contributing to the difficulty recruiting fellow Pashtuns thus making ethnic balance an unseen goal in near future which will eventually help prolong current political brouhaha continue.
With emergence of current government and democratic process in the country where everyone must has equal right and obligations to abide by the rule of law, however, Pashtuns very initial rights have been crippled more or less by international community and vastly by domestic antagonists. For instance, annually large numbers of bursaries are awarded by foreign countries for Afghan students, ethnic minorities are awarded more than 80% of these bursaries, while handful Pashtun student are selected for such scholarships, nonetheless, they are more qualified and are intellectually prone. I don’t say that Pashtuns should be selected on the basis of their ethnicity percentage, there should be academic criteria selecting for such scholarships based on intellect of candidate, which will have a significant role in modern Afghanistan rehabilitation and shouldn’t be compromised for ethnicity and kinsmanship. If the trend continues with such pace there will be significant repercussions and setbacks in educational field because of the atrocities committed bye perpetrators affiliated with ethnic and linguistic violence, Pashtuns students are not allowed to write applications in their indigenous language, in fact their applications are simply rejected because they are not written in Dari, this shows a disparity in the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).
International community has played its role in depriving Pashtuns from acquiring economically and politically viable lives, USA led NATO force are encircled by former ferocious warlords and rogue mass murders, largely composed of ethnic Tajiks, whose atrocities saga is still heard in the streets of Kabul, they are resented by Afghans who have seen very rueful days of their live because of these ruthless vicious criminals whose only courtesy is war and destruction. International forces have signed huge contracts worth of billions of dollars with these warlord, for safeguarding NATO supply routes and oil tankers caravans, they have been used as predators, preying innocent Pashtuns, largely undermining collective efforts and operational ability of Afghan national security forces and considerably deepened current chaotic situation.
Lack of proper contact management and incongruous inter agencies coordination has led to misunderstanding and deteriorating situation in the country.
A report published by Moshe Schwartz about background and analysis of defense contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq, as of March 2010, there were 112,092 US defense contractors in Afghanistan compared to approximately 79,100 uniformed personnel, contractors represent 59% of US department of defense workforce in Afghanistan, this figure of contractors comprised of various nationalities, there were 16,081 US citizens, 17,512 third-country citizens and 78,499 local(Afghan) citizens, making 14%, 16% and 70% respectively. These contractors are overwhelmingly rogue criminals in their respective countries; they know little about warfare engagement rules, civilian protection and casualties, they committed such crimes they should be punished for in international criminal court; recent WikiLeaks, 90,000 secret Afghan war files solidifies fears that contractors are third factor of anarchy in Afghanistan and Iraq.
International security forces have waged war on Pashtuns indiscriminately, insecurity, deprivation, killing and targeting innocent farmers and commons people has piled resentment and anger of brave Pashtuns toward international forces. The atrocities committed by US forces are comparable to their contractors, recently I came upon a movie called “TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE” a documentary about a taxi driver (DILAWAR) killed by US forces during interrogation in Bagram air base, without any judicial rights against Geneva convention; such inhuman acts perpetrated by US forces have contributed to anger and resentment of Pashtun population.
President Karzai a former UNOCAL adviser, installed by US in 2001 Is ethnic Pashtun; favorite of former US president George Bush administration, maybe sentimental from his nature or because he thinks so called national reconciliation has been achieved by appointing civil war rogue veterans as key cabinet members, whose allegiance is with strangers rather than their war-torn country.
Inconsistent nature as described by recent WikiLeaks trove of US embassy cables “easily swayed” in his decisions has brought this emerging democracy on the brink of collapse, instead of establishing strong central government he let these abhorrent criminals emerge as impregnable economic and military force, people of Afghanistan should be most important factor of concern for Mr. Karzai, they elected him twice hoping that his government will bring peace, prosperity and justice, though they saw war and injustice. The people of Afghanistan no longer can tolerate these miseries, yet there are still lights of hope shining and blinking on the gloomy horizon of Afghanistan, Mr. Karzai should reverse his current policy before it’s too late to act.
Leadership it maybe said, what makes the world go round, Arthur M. Schlesinger, wrote in his book, Ancient Worlds Leaders, “The idea of leadership affirms the capacity of individuals to move, inspire and mobilize masses of people so that they act together in pursuit of a goal”.
The above notion implies that an individual can make a difference, transform a war riddled country to an advanced, peaceful and prosperous country, all it takes is determination of leadership, we should learn of history, Europe recovered of world war two destruction, Berlin wall collapsed, China and India are emerging as economical powers, if all these astonishing marvel are possible then Afghanistan can be transformed to a modern stabilized economical hub of central Asia. This country needs firm commitment and determination of leadership, as future generations will measure leaders by results and their political charisma.
