After last week’s attack by Baloch separatist militants on the Pakistan Jaffar Express train in Balochistan, where nearly 250 members of the Pakistani army, intelligence, and other security and military institutions were first taken hostage and then killed, various reactions emerged both inside and outside Pakistan. Many people hailed it as a successful Baloch attack and called on Pakistan to stop its oppression of the Baloch and grant freedom to Balochistan. However, those close to and sympathetic to the Pakistani army, intelligence, and government condemned the attack and labeled it a terrorist act.
At the forefront of these sympathizers were prominent figures from Afghanistan’s civil wars, their affiliated groups, and their sons, who shed tears over this incident with Pakistan. The group known as the Resistance, led by Ahmad Massoud, son of the civil war commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, and the leader of the Unity party and a prominent figure from the civil wars, Mohqiq, along with other prominent figures such as Salahuddin Rabbani, son of another leading figure Burhanuddin Rabbani, and other individuals and groups like them, mourned this incident with Pakistan. They labeled the Baloch as terrorists and even, to show their closeness to Pakistan, blamed the Afghan people and the interim government for this attack before the Pakistani government. These are all individuals and groups who are notorious among the general public in Afghanistan for their ties to Pakistan.
They have a long history of collaboration with the Pakistani army and intelligence services, showing loyalty and dedication, and the Pakistani government has even granted them and their family members Pakistani passports in appreciation of their services. On the other hand, officials from the fallen republic, including Rahmatullah Nabil, Kamal Nasir Osuli, Kabir Haqmal, and Shah Mahmood Miakhil, have harshly criticized these warlords, calling them agents of Pakistan and labeling Baloch nationalists as separatists And their so-called current struggle has also been challenged, accusing them of ignoring Afghanistan’s national interests and becoming spokespersons and servants of Islamabad and Tehran. They accused these warlords of having no lineage and prioritizing personal interests and loyalty to their masters.
The accusations and disputes from former officials towards the warlords sympathetic to Pakistan come at a time when both sides once worked together under the umbrella of the republic. Even then, they accused each other of lobbying and serving Pakistan. However, when the republican administration collapsed, some of their factions formed groups against the current caretaker government, but these were either fragmented due to severe disagreements and conflicts or were on the verge of fragmentation. Although these warlords have not responded to the former officials’ criticisms, this situation might further exacerbate the existing distrust, disputes, and conflicts among them.
Another important point is that it has now been proven to the ordinary Afghans that these faces and warlords will never abandon their servitude and loyalty to Pakistan. They do not care about the people, Afghanistan, or national interests; rather, their only concern is their masters and pleasing them, and they have always demonstrated this.
It is worth mentioning that the Baloch freedom fighters have risen against the oppression of the Pakistani army, intelligence, and government, which has been ongoing for decades. They have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent young people, elders, women, and children, detained tens of thousands more, tortured them in prisons, and deprived them of all human, Islamic, and humanitarian rights.
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