By Aziz
This week bore witness to two major security achievements in the country, achievements every Afghan took pride in and saw as a sign of their national pride and the state’s ability to exercise its authority. The first was the surrender of Jumma Khan Fateh in Badakhshan and his transfer to Kabul. The second was the killing of Hasib Quwayi Markaz, the self-styled and thuggish so-called resistance figure.
Both events were covered extensively in the media, and people welcomed them warmly.
In the first case, Jumma Khan, forgetting his previous record and the IEA’s military policy, raised the banner of rebellion and resistance in Badakhshan and then in his own district of Nusay, while apparently presenting himself as a supporter and follower of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA). But according to the Voice of Hindu Kush, he had major plans, with the support of groups of evil and corruption, to create insecurity in Badakhshan and to plunder its mines or secure financial gains, in violation of the IEA’s policy.
He thought that among his supporters and the local people, he would be able to stand firm against any military or intelligence action by the IEA. But the brave and devout intelligence and security forces, following the order given to them, quickly located him and, despite the threats, summoned him to Kabul, where, based on the statements of Mawlawi Zabihullah Mujahid, he will be brought before the court.
In the second instance, Hasib Quwayi Markaz, a favored pawn of the Republic’s national security apparatus and a thug from Kabul’s streets, against whom there were many complaints, but whom the Republic and Panjshiri leaders had kept protected for their own thuggery, was killed in Salang, in an ambush by security and intelligence forces, along with his associates. He was the same thug whom all the police, intelligence services and special units in Kabul had pursued during the Republic, yet they could not overpower him.
Even on the 18th of Sunbula, the day of Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud’s assassination, he went out with his armed companions in convoys and carried out his thuggery across Kabul.
There’s even video footage of him shooting at and knocking down a photo of Ashraf Ghani, the Republic administration’s leader at the time, on the wall of Kabul’s municipality building. But this same so-called big thug was brought to his knees by a small group of security and intelligence mujahideen and made to pay for his actions.
Looking at both examples above, we can say that Afghan security forces have grown stronger than at any other time, and most importantly, that they have moved out of a defensive posture and are now in an offensive one. Their capabilities have made it possible to neutralize hostile plans against Afghanistan in time, using technology, both inside the country and abroad. There’s ample evidence to prove this, the best examples being the successful operations against groups of evil and corruption and the Khawarij in Pakistan and the tribal areas.
Afghan intelligence and security forces don’t just carry a high, faith-driven spirit and legitimate cause for fighting; they’re also equipped, at a regional level, with modern military technology, weapons, and training that gives them the power to control any situation, no matter the challenge or how difficult the circumstances. Most importantly, they remain just as eager for sacrifice and martyrdom as they were during the struggle against the occupation.
The recent cases of Jumma Khan and Hasib should serve as a strong lesson and warning to all who follow this same satanic path, and should never again feel at ease killing Afghans and spreading instability at the instigation of foreigners.
The groups of evil and corruption operating under various names, the Khawarij, and the Republic’s fled officials are all abroad, their children and families living in comfort. Their struggle exists only on Facebook and Twitter. They have neither legitimacy nor spirit left, they just gamble with the lives of poor, powerless people. That’s exactly why these kinds of elements and groups need to abandon their wrongful acts and protect themselves from the deadly strike of Afghan security forces.
