Humans are of two types; one type that remains stable from beginning to end and stays in one state, and the other type that changes over time and has no stability at all. In our view, this also applies to a society, a political party, and a system.
Some societies and political parties or systems remain stable, and it is rare for their thoughts, paths, and visions to change; however, some societies and political parties do not have stability, vision, or direction, nor do they care about these things.
To prove this point, we present two examples of political parties or systems, such as the system of Pakistan and the Northern Alliance political party. Both of them lack any strategy, direction, or stability; rather, they shift with the times and do not care about anything. Their goals and interests are more important to them than vision, strategy, and stability, and they prioritize these over everything else.
The Northern Alliance is one of the few parties in the world that has changed with the passage of time and adapted to every regime. This alliance was one of Pakistan’s major allies, even holding official memorials for the death of Pakistan’s then-president Zia-ul-Haq during the Afghan jihad and hanging his pictures in their offices. A good example of this is the former Jamiat-e-Islami leader Burhanuddin Rabbani, the self-proclaimed hero of Panjshir Ahmad Shah Massoud, and so on. An even better example is the pictures, videos, and many other items of the self-proclaimed emperor of Balkh that still remain in the media.
Pakistan was their friend and master as long as their interests aligned, but with the arrival of the late leader Mullah Sahib, when they were completely isolated from Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan and confined to Panjshir, Pakistan became their enemy. This enmity with Pakistan was also temporary and dependent on circumstances and interests.
This Alliance that arrived in Kabul on American tanks had its first slogan against Pakistan. They limited this enmity to slogans only, but in reality, many members of the alliance had extraordinary visas to travel to Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi.
To prove this point, it is enough to note that the security and protection responsibilities around the Pakistani embassy in Kabul were taken by General Jurat. At that time, anyone visiting the Pakistani embassy in Kabul or applying for visas would have seen hundreds of black Land Cruisers parked in front of the Islamabad embassy, from which the families, women, and children of the Alliance members would descend and obtain expedited visas within minutes or hours.
The members of this Alliance would work day and night and propagate against Pakistan, but on the other hand, they would be seen in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi.
When the republic fell and the victory came, wasn’t this very group of the coalition on a Pakistani plane heading to Islamabad? Didn’t it include Rabbani’s son Salahuddin, Masood’s brother Ahmad Zia, Rahmani, and others who fled to Islamabad? While they had spent a full twenty years opposing, being hostile towards, and shouting against Pakistan.
A few days ago, when a conflict arose between Pakistan and India in Kashmir and they started fighting each other, didn’t the members of the Alliance support Pakistan before anyone else? Didn’t they support Pakistan against India? As the Pashto proverb goes, “Marriage is not a hidden husband that it will pass.” The point is that the Alliance was not only friends with Pakistan, but they also had no enmity or issues with anyone else except Afghans, and they didn’t have any before either. Everything is clear.
For twenty years, they conducted propaganda, campaigns, and heated discussions on television against Pakistan, convincing the poor nation that yes, you are indeed enemies of Pakistan and true patriots of the country, because this is all it takes for their loyalty and authenticity; Kabul had not yet been conquered, yet they were sitting in Islamabad.
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