Ahmad Shah Masoud: The Janos Savambi of
Massoud and peaceful Afghanistan are incompatible
Weekend Post,
By J.K. Sufi
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The erstwhile allies are foes of today. They are fundamentalists, terrorists and threat to the civilised world. Egypt which was compelled to release thousands of 'fundamentalist' Ikhwans (Muslim Brotherhood followers), to fight the war of the West in Afghanistan, now daily shows pictures from Afghanistan on TV to convince its public that the domestic fundamentalist elements if given power would do the same to Egypt. The West is reaping the whirlwinds all over the world.
The war of the two opposing ideologies was fought on every ground. Each side supported its 'allies', disregarding the wishes of the population.
Janos Savambi from
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Janos Savambi's counterpart can be found everywhere. In Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Masood is another Janos Savambi. If the West has not yet dubbed him so, it is because that it is still considering the Taliban to be its enemy. And any one opposed to their enemy is their ally like Janos Savambi had been.
To the Afghans and
He thrives on war. He eats, drinks and inhales war. Nothing outside it appeals to him. He seized power with the help of Dostam and Karmal-led 'communist' forces, soon turned against them, opted for Mujahideen, selected minions from them, stripped Rabbani of his powers and in reality became the sole deciding authority in
Rabbani became a puppet in his hands. When the emergence of the Taliban still seemed just a far cry, he shifted all heavy weaponry, including dreadful Scud and Luna missiles, to Panjsher, his bastion, instead of keeping them for the defence of the country and his authority.
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Because he knew that his profession was to fight. It does not bother him as who would be the enemy. The enemy is peace. The enemy is normalcy. The enemy is tranquillity. The enemy is popular government. He has no vision other than war. When it comes to peace, he is ill at ease. He soon devises ways and means to extricate himself out of 'peace dilemma'.
Peace which carries responsibilities and obligations with it. Those who have worked with him closely would testify that he and peaceful
His history shows that he opposed all the present allies and foes at one or other time. He fought against Shiite Hizb-e-Wahdat. Now they are his allies. He fought against Hekmatyar. He is now his ally. He allied with Dostam and Karmal to topple Najib and later on turned against them.
Now again they are his allies. He made peace with the Taliban and invited them to
Even before there had been any sign of the Soviet withdrawal from
He stole all the emerald and lapis lazuli pieces of
He prints money with the help of his Russian friends, changes it into dollars and finances his war. He even invites dubious characters from the international gun mafia and asks for chemical weapons.
Some knowledgeable forces think that unless and until Masood wields influence in
Even if the Taliban sweep
The difference between Taliban and jehadi fundamentalists
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