Ehsan
After twenty years of bloody occupation by America and its allies, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) finally overthrew the puppet government of Kabul, at the cost of thousands of martyrs and thousands of wounded, and raised the flag of independence high over this land. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s military regime imagined that this change had handed it a golden opportunity to impose itself on Afghanistan as a great power and carry out its adventurist and rotten policies in this country. But Islamabad’s military regime was heedless of the truth that the IEA is not like the earlier puppet systems that would let foreign hands reach into this land for a trifling price.
First the military regime tried, through hidden and open influence, to get a firm foothold in Afghanistan and force the IEA to accept its filthy and inhumane policies. But when it was flatly rebuffed by this system, and the doors of interference were shut in its face for good, it turned to tools of pressure.
The first blow from this regime was the expulsion of millions of Afghan migrants. Men, women and children were thrown out of their homes without any legal or humane standard, and their property and belongings were seized. It thought this pressure would bring the IEA to its knees, but the IEA stood firm like a mountain, took care of the migrants’ problems and proved that no pressure can shake its will.
After this failure, Pakistan’s military regime took another path and closed its trade routes to Afghanistan. Its aim was clear: to choke Afghanistan’s economy and force the IEA to surrender. But this policy, like the one before it, had the opposite result. The trade routes that ran from Pakistan to India and Central Asia were cut off, and it was Pakistan itself that suffered the most.
Agricultural produce and commercial goods rotted at the customs posts, Pakistani farmers and traders were ruined, and the fragile economy of this country came closer than ever to the brink of collapse. Afghanistan, for its part, quickly brought alternative trade routes into use and proved that no blockade can bring its nation to its knees.
After these two disgraceful defeats, Pakistan’s military regime turned to its last and lowest tool: airstrikes and artillery attacks against civilians and defenseless people, including children and women. It thought that perhaps by spilling the blood of the innocent it could force the IEA to retreat. But this policy also failed.
By violating all international and human rights law, it roused the anger of the awakened consciences of the world and was strongly condemned by countless politicians and humanitarian bodies. Pakistan’s image in the eyes of the world grew blacker than ever, and the true face of this regime, as a violator of Afghanistan’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, was exposed.
Pakistan’s military regime should know that the IEA is not like the former regimes, which would tremble at every gust of wind and make room in this land for outsiders. This system has won its independence and dignity at the cost of thousands of martyrs and thousands left disabled, and in defense of this soil and blood it fears no one’s reproach. The IEA stands firm like a mountain and will not allow any country to interfere in this land, even if it has to make countless sacrifices along the way.
The military regime must wake up from its slumber and know that its rotten policies and filthy aims are now doomed to defeat before this free and awakened nation. History bears witness that every aggressor has in the end bowed his head before the will of free nations.
