Ashraf Ghani, the head of the fallen republican administration, released a message regarding the return of Afghan refugees. In his message, he criticized Iran, stating that the republican regime had sent billions of dollars worth of water to Iran. Ghani addressed some individuals who deny their Afghan identity, saying, “No matter what other name you called yourselves, today your neighbors only see you as Afghans and expel you under the name of Afghan.”
Ghani told these individuals that their old roots, including in religious matters, are useless and that the warlords who spied on their neighbors are also useless. He added, “Where are their voices today?!” Where did their boasts go?! Ghani’s statements have sparked reactions from some former members of parliament and individuals on social media who have always been at odds with Afghan identity and were spying for others.
In an era where the Afghan nation is grappling with its survival amidst global problems, migration, social instability, and pressure, some people are still trying to separate themselves from Afghan identity, attribute themselves to others based on ethnic, religious, political, or espionage affiliations, or create artificial identities for themselves.
Officials from the fallen republic with extensive backgrounds in spying for neighboring countries view the deportation of Afghan refugees from a different angle and analyze it in various forms for their own purposes. They are trying to blame neighboring countries based on their connections and commonalities, rather than blaming the very republic where they received dollar salaries or blaming the caretaker government whose rule has only lasted four years.
Ghani’s remarks provoked their reaction because he revealed an undeniable truth about warlords and insulted Afghan identity. It is impossible to escape Afghanistan. Whether they spy for foreigners, create arbitrary identities under the banner of ethnic slogans, or use religious or cultural ties, they will ultimately be called Afghans and can not live anywhere without this identity.
Those who deny Afghan identity are precisely the people who either oppose the word “Afghan” through ethnic prejudice, or who consider it necessary to portray Afghan identity as weak for foreign agendas, or who have become political servants of neighboring or other foreign regimes, or who are warlords dependent on foreign pockets and mouths. All warlords and opponents of the caretaker government should be clearly aware of the fact that those for whom they destroyed Afghan identity are now humiliatingly expelling them from their homeland.
Deniers of Afghan identity and the country’s past and present enemies, driven by their policies, beliefs, or personal interests, are pushing the nation towards internal conflicts. The opposition not only opposes national unity but also attempts to portray the Afghan name as incorrect, controversial, and limited. Now that those foreign nations view them as Afghans, they have no choice but to bow their heads before the very identity they mocked for years.
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