Taliban, US fight to pursue peace from position of strength
The deputy governor of Gahzani province was killed by a Taliban suicide bomber. The NATO has launched an attack in the Kandahar area. But stalemate is in the offing. Hence, a peace deal is the honourable way out.
TALK PEACE and wage war simultaneously in Afghanistan. Indeed that is the new policy of both the belligerents; the NATO led Afghan army and the deadly adversary, the Taliban. A new 70-member strong Shoora, a council of wise men, has been formed by the Kabul government to talk peace with the Taliban and usher in peace in Afghanistan. It was in pursuance of this policy that the Taliban deputed a suicide bomber to bump off the Deputy Governor of the Ghazani province. Mohammad Kazim Allahyar, who was travelling to the airport along with his son, a nephew and some more people in a Toyota Corolla, an unarmoured car, when a suicide bomber on a mechanised rickshaw blew himself up at the rear of the Deputy Governor’s car killing self, all car occupants and a few passers- by. Ghazani is about two hours drive in the southwest of the national capital, Kabul. It may be recalled that there are 150,000 foreign forces supported by 300,000 Afghan troops battling the Taliban. The biggest advantage that the Taliban has is a safe haven in Pakistan after crossing the no man’s land on the AFPAK borders. It is well known that the Pakistan government and people have their sympathy and support for the Taliban rebels, notwithstanding the massive American aid that they have been receiving uninterruptedly for more than a quarter of a century. Pakistan has mastered the dubious game of running with the hare and hunting with the hound at the same time. Back in Washington DC President Barack Obama is reviewing the strategy of the most unpopular war among Americans. He had ordered the surge of 30,000 US troops at the insistence of the top commanders. Now the result of the Kandahar push is awaited before a final policy decision is taken. History is a witness to the military defeats of foreign forces in Afghanistan for many centuries. Of course, After Raja Dasrath of Ayodhya who had defeated the Afghan forces and married Kaikeyi, the other example of a successful campaign in Afghanistan and beyond is that of Emperor Chandragupt Maurya, under the guidance of Acharya Chanakya. He had defeated the Greek governor of Alexander the Great, Seleucus Nikator and accepted the hand of the Greek princess in marriage as his queen. Thereafter, the Mughals led disastrous campaigns in Afghanistan. Akbar had lost his friend and a commander, Raja Birbal in the inhospitable terrain of Afghanistan. Shahjehan lost Kandahar to the Persian forces and failed to recover despite many attempts. The British led Anglo-Afghan wars never met with success and names of many officers and men killed there are engraved on the India Gate in New Delhi. The Soviet army had retreated in defeat in Afghanistan in 1980s. Now the Americans are looking for a way out to disengage and go home. Moral of the story is that the terrain and the fiercely independent nature of the people help the Afghan warriors to have better of the invading forces. Raja Dasrath of Ayodhya and Emperor Chandragupt Maurya of Patliputra are the two shining exceptions to the saga of defeat of foreign forces in Afghanistan.
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AUM.
Princess Kaikeyi who became the favourite queen of Raja Dasrath of Ayodhya was an Afghan. Her son, Bharat was at his maternal place in Afghanistan when the sad news of his father's demise reached him and he left for Ayodhya.
The clarification is given to dispel doubts about the original place of Queen Kaikeyi who was instrumental in getting Maryada Purshottam Shri Ram banished to forest for 14 years and declaring her son, Bharat as the heir apparent and later the King. Bharat, however, had refused to usurp the kingship that really belonged to his elder brother, Shri Ram.
AUM.
Princess Kaikeyi who became the favourite queen of Raja Dasrath of Ayodhya was an Afghan. Her son, Bharat was at his maternal place in Afghanistan when the sad news of his father's demise reached him and he left for Ayodhya.
The clarification is given to dispel doubts about the original place of Queen Kaikeyi who was instrumental in getting Maryada Purshottam Shri Ram banished to forest for 14 years and declaring her son, Bharat as the heir apparent and later the King. Bharat, however, had refused to usurp the kingship that really belonged to his elder brother, Shri Ram.
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