Analysis – Part One
Written by: Khalil Rahnaward
Introduction:
In 2021 AD (1400 H.S. year), when the Warlords’ Joint Stock Company (the Republic) collapsed, a system came to power in Afghanistan that had no place for warlords, warmongers, imaginary generals, and corrupt groups. Nor could these figures and groups submit to a purely Islamic government, live peacefully under Sharia and justice, and do not bring the gift of war to the Afghan Muslim people.
On August 31, 2021, before the last foreign invader, Chris Donahue, was expelled from Afghanistan, domestic mercenaries, imaginary generals, old warlords, corrupt individuals, and those whose hands were stained with the blood of innocent people from this oppressed nation fled thru Kabul airport. Some of them even went to Panjshir and the Hindu Kush mountains to maintain their power, but after little resistance, most of them were killed or fled from there as well.
In 2021, groups of these war-loving figures, traitors, warlords, and some former military personnel fled to countries in the region, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and some other countries. They feared that due to their criminal acts, they would never leave the general public in peace. They had not yet overcome this fear when they began efforts to recruit and utilize groups funded by foreign intelligence agencies under the deceptive names of resistance, freedom, and others.
In this regard, a funding group of foreign intelligence, operating under the colorful name of Freedom, with ignominious and sinister goals, had attracted the attention of former military personnel. This group was formed under the leadership of a former fictional general, Yasin Zia, claims political and military struggle, but its political activities are limited to outside the country and its military activities to inter-elimination, targeted killings, and terrorism in other countries.
Who is Yasin Zia?
Yasin Zia was born on a Tajik family in the Shakar Dara district of Kabul province. He currently lives outside the country, often in London, due to his close ties with the British intelligence agency. During the civil wars, he was with the Jamiat party and worked in its favor. During the American occupation, he received military training in Kabul. He first worked in the National Security Directorate as a terrorism (!) After opposing his superior’s presidency, he was appointed Deputy Director General of the National Security Directorate, and was later appointed as the governor of Takhar.
When Yasin Zia resigned from Takhar province, he was then appointed to the ceremonial post of Deputy National Security Advisor, which had no authority, but he was only promoted from Brigadier General to Major General. A while ago, Wais Barmak accused Yasin Zia in an interview of being a sycophant, mischievous, and hypocritical throughout the day during his tenure as Deputy of the Security Council, and of sabotaging behind the scenes. After that imaginary position, Zia was appointed First Deputy Minister of Defense and then, after that, as Chief of the Army Staff.
In the fallen republic, all of Yasin Zia’s high positions, including field marshal and privileges, were not based on his merit, but rather on his continuous espionage and intelligence connection with the British intelligence agency (MI6), in order to provide the agency with first-hand information in national security, the security council, the Ministry of Defense, and other important security sectors. This information had special value because, at the general level, the agent had access to the country’s highest-ranking officials and obtained highly confidential information.
Yasin Zia also gained notoriety on the battlefield for supporting every inhumane crime and attack by soldiers and military personnel on the front lines, for being involved in the illegal detention, torture, and kidnapping of civilians, and for supporting commanders and private militias who were involved in crimes against humanity. This support, illegal actions, and war crimes were the means by which he extended his power and reputation, which he widely utilized.
Like many other commanders and officials of the fallen republic, Yasin Zia was not brought to trial by international human rights advocates, but rather seems to have deceived human rights advocates by wearing a mask of opposition to the new Afghan government, thereby granting himself a kind of absolution. It is important that accurate investigations be conducted into and prosecution of such security officials for crimes against humanity.
Like other escaped officials, he is currently living comfortably outside the country, but he is encouraging expatriates and former military personnel inside the country to stand against the Afghan government and engage in armed opposition, while he himself is not taking a single step toward the battlefield. Instead, he is working to create opposition under the guidance of foreign intelligence agencies, without having carried out any significant activities so far.
Claims of Armed Resistance and Military Capacity:
Freedom(!) The front has made numerous claims at various times about inflicting casualties on security forces in Afghanistan and maintaining a practical presence, which the Voice of Hindukush has clarified the facts about at different times. In terms of review, we can say that this group has a history and capacity for hand grenade explosions among civilians. This group, which claims to be a “resistance” due to opposition. This term has a very deep meaning in political theory, a meaning that this group has not yet reached.
In political theory, “resistance” does not refer to fighting against the general public, but rather to organized action that creates the potential for power change, harms the main opponent, forms the basis of social mobilization, has resistance members present on the scene of armed conflict, and presents an alternative legitimate system that Afghans hoped for.
If a group does not meet these criteria, the term “symbolic or declaratory politics” is used instead of “armed resistance” to describe the group’s activities. The freedom(!) front shares the characteristics of this second category, meaning it is an opposition group that publishes political statements and controls(!) areas online instead of thru physical opposition. It brings down, its policy and future are ambiguous and dark, sometimes targeting the general public, and its statements have no effect on changing the balance of power.
Freedom(!) front claimed to be fighting in its statements, but in the past four years, this group has only carried out a handful of attacks among civilians or attempted similar attacks; this group had deceived an addict in Baghlan province into throwing a hand grenade among civilians in exchange for a few Afghanis, but this was prevented in advance. They also witnessed a similar incident in Balkh, where a member of this group detonated a hand grenade among poor civilians, causing casualties to some of the general public, including himself.
Apart from explosions among civilians, there have been no signs of organized, sustained, and strategic military activity by this group within Afghanistan. This group has no defined area of geographical influence, no regular organizational structure, and no operations that truly prove themselves. In contemporary security analysis, we can use the term “declaratory/press resistance” for this situation, not a capable military group.
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