Groups, political figures, and individuals residing outside of Afghanistan are now in the most ambiguous and confused state. Sometimes they beat the drums of war and sound the trumpets, other times they present themselves as advisors and consultants, giving irrelevant and useless Facebook advice far from reality, and sometimes they try to alter their recorded deeds and recklessness in history. They have now almost completely withdrawn from the real world and life and live in the virtual world. Considering their current state, it seems these individuals and figures spend a significant portion of every 24 hours of their lives on social media, making their lives virtual.
Instead of looking at issues thru real and genuine lenses, they do the opposite and weigh everything through social media. When war slogans and stories are buzzing on social media, they get a little heated and accompany these slogans and buzzes. When the discussion shifts to other political issues, dialog, and negotiations, they become self-appointed advisors, offering advice to opponents, the current government, politicians, and countries. They think that what they say should happen exactly as they say, and as if the world should move according to their wishes.
Now that the matter that the current Afghan government will reconcile with officials and political opportunists from the fallen republic, bring them to power, and once again place them on the shoulders of the people has resurfaced, a group of expatriates are repeating this very thing, writing articles, and offering advice to the current government on social media. However, at the same time, they are forgetting all the opportunities that once existed in this regard.
After the Doha agreement, there was a long period of opportunity for political compromise, negotiations, and reconciliation, but unfortunately, these corrupt politicians, leaders of ethnic parties, and officials of the collapsed republic squandered it. They missed many opportunities at that time to extend their power and prolong the war here. They would send children to the meetings, making those opportunities seem like a mockery to them, and they would look at them as spoils. They were repeatedly told at that time that these opportunities were not permanent and inevitable, so they should make the most of them, but instead of taking advantage, they turned them into childish games, and the officials of the republic did not have a genuine desire for compromise.
Of course, they were tested many times before that, they had no commitment to this country or this people, they were initially after their own interests, they were ready for any deal with anyone at any value, as long as they protected their personal interests. But now that Afghanistan is free from their evil, the people have breathed a sigh of relief, and now they are offering new fake processes in the name of talks, and some charlatans are promoting them. But now they should understand that it is too late, there is neither the opportunity nor the trust now. They have lost both opportunity and trust. Now, the conditions in Afghanistan are different, and it’s good to focus on other priorities and needs instead of these repetitive and uninteresting issues, and that’s it!
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