After the last batch of US soldiers flew down to his land,
Taliban militants living in the harsh terrains who were hiding there are coming
out in large numbers equipped with lethal weapons started striking at various
places and are killing the common citizens in large numbers who wanted a
peaceful ambience. The immediate aim of the militants is to dislodge the Afghan
govt under Ashraf Ghani. The fear psychosis prevalent among the citizens shot
up and a majority, most of them are women and children who are scared of coming
out of their residents.
Evenwhile Hamid Karzai was at the helm, the militants struck
terror unexpectedly, and launched occasional strikes killing hundreds of
citizens. Even they dared to demolish the fortress of Mr.Karzai and others
there were targeted and each time they did have providential escapes. Though
the Afghan soldiers chased them and
killed some of them others ran away to hide in their safe havens in the hilly terrain.
The erstwhile Soviet Union was the first to intervene in
Afghanistan in the late 1980s and the
Soviet soldiers acted tough on the Taliban militants and Al-Quaeda which is a
hard-core militant force.
Soviet Union’s intervention in Afghanistan angered US and
the US badly wanted the Soviet Union to withdraw from Afghanistan and US was prepared
to go to any great lengths to push Soviet forces out of Afghanistan at any
cost. The US govt befriended the Taliban
militants and the hard-core Al-Quaeda which was notorious for launching terror
attacks anywhere they wanted. Osama Bin Laden was the unquestioned leader of Al-Quaeda
and his deputy Aymen Al-Sawahari who is a doctor hailing from Egypt. US supported them with finance and logistical
weapons.
The Soviet forces numbering about approximately one lakh had
a tough time battling against militants. With the bloody game going on and both
sides facing casualties Soviet Union wanted to withdraw from the scene leaving
Afghanistan in a shambles.
When the US needed the support of the militants and Osama
and his men turned the blue-eyed boys
of US.
It was the same elements who took the decision to launch a
terror against US and on 9/11. Two to three
planes ripped the World Trade Centre 1 and 2, Newyork, the nerve centre of US,
and reduced both of them into a heap of rubble.
It was the first time US became the victim of terror by the
militants. A visibly angry the then US President
George W Bush delivered a fiery speech
took a vow to eliminate the
culprits responsible for the attack would be brought to justice. It was a double whammy to the US which was proud of being a terror-free country. US
with its wounded ego could identify the
culprit behind the attack and without wasting time declared a war on Afghanistan
to fish out where the wanted culprit Osama-Bin-Laden hiding somewhere in the
outskirts of Afghanistan and to catch him alive or dead.
The war went on more than a decade to nab Osama at any cost.
US never in its dreams had any apprehension that its one
time blue-eyed boy Osama would evolve into a Frankenstein Monster.
US forces along with the NATO forces bombarded Afghanistan destroyed
the properties including cultural heritages with a vengeance and snuffed
out the lives of millions and millions of citizens who feared death at the
hands of the US forces and NATO fled for life to other countries and pitched
tents. The Red Cross and other NGOs air-dropped food packets to fill the stomachs of the displaced
people thanks to God. Otherwise Gods appeared before them in the name
food-packets to let them have the food at one time a day. Due to the lack of
sanitation facilities, pure drinking water and inclement weather diseases broke
out which claimed the lives of a number of refugees. Aerial attacks along with ground offences, of both
US and NATO forces roamed through the streets and tough hilly terrains where
the Taliban militants and Al-Quaeda militants who were suspected to be hiding
in their safe havens were bombarded and in the process some of them lost lives
both belonging to Taliban elements and al-Quaeda forces by the US and NATO forces.
Thus a decade of and more period of retaliation the main
suspects remained elusive.
In the meanwhile in 2008, George W Bush had to vacate the
White House without fulfilling his dream of nabbing Osama-Bin-Laden. Power
changed hands and Barack Obama of the
Democratic Party became President and on the question of catching Osama dead or
alive he followed in the foot-steps of his predecessor.
Occasional skirmishes between the militants and forces
belonging to the opposition continued and suicide-bombers aiming Indian Embassy, Hamid Karzai’s presidential
fortress and churches and mosques, crowds of people and the devotees were aimed
at by blowing the suicide bombers themselves.
US and NATO forces were fed up with their killing spree and
thought in terms of leaving Afghanistan without their mission coming to fruition.
And without delay the initial drawdown the soldiers flew down to their
destinations.
After a short span a Pakistan doctor who was very much aware of the house where Osama-Bin-Laden
and his family members were living drew the attention of US stealthily at the Abottabad
in Pakistan near a Pak army camp. US
forces without any delay launched series
of drone attacks located his house and sprayed bullets on him and took away his
corpse and is believed to have been thrown into an ocean- which ocean no one
know’s and breathed sighs of relief for fulfilling their mission successfully.
With the new govt of Ashraf Ghani after Hamid Karsai’s term
ended as President who befriended Pakistan by visiting Pakistan and discussed
matters of mutual importance and discussed with Prime Minister Nawas Sherif and
the very important persons at the helm of affairs returned to Afghanistan. Immediately
after visiting Pakistan he visited India and expressed gratitude for generously
helping Afghanistan for giving a face-lift to the war-torn country.
Both skilled and unskilled Indians are on a war-footing indulging
in infrastructure development- building schools, houses, transportation
facilities and the construction of new Parliament building and besides India
extended financial assistance. With the withdrawal of US and NATO forces not
only Indians working there but the new dispensation itself are sitting on a
powder-keg at present since the
militants coming out of their safe havens with lethal weapons to target the Indians first and the new govt under
Ashraf Ghani. Govt of India which grapples with the situation there is expected
to ensure the security of Indians.
