Although the opposition groups and factions of the caretaker government, based outside, lack any national credibility and international support, they still occasionally gather in some foreign countries and share dreams and aspirations of regaining power with each other.
In the past three years, the opposition movements created by the experienced and exiled figures of the fallen republic, with the support of certain circles, have not been able to form a united coalition and stance despite holding numerous meetings under the banners of national goals and values. Their positions remain based solely on slogans without any practical commitment.
Interestingly, even within the slogans, one group does not agree with another; one believes that there should be a war against the caretaker government and supports any movement that confronts the caretaker government, while another group opposes war and insists that intra-Afghan dialogue is the best choice. Another group goes a step further and considers the establishment of a federal government after regaining power as beneficial, and each of them requires different support from the international community.
Although all these issues are just the tip of the iceberg, they have been significant enough to create and deepen divisions among former officials, opposition groups, and factions based abroad. The harsh criticisms and reactions from former officials of the fallen republic towards the participants of the Vienna and Herat security meetings can serve as good examples.
Shah Mahmood Miakhel, the former Minister of Defense of the fallen republic, regarding the fifth Vienna conference, says: “Last year, I was invited to participate by the conference organizers, and I attended under certain conditions, one of which was the condition of intra-Afghan talks. However, when I arrived there, it became clear that there was a significant difference between their emails and actions, so I withdrew from the working groups and considered such meetings to be fruitless and harmful.”
Similarly, during the fallen republic, the governor of Balkh, Atta Mohammad Noor, in one of his media interviews, reacted to the war slogans at the fifth Vienna conference by saying: “Those who incite the people of Afghanistan to war and conflict, why don’t they send their own children to the battlefronts!?” In addition, many other officials of the fallen republic also showed strong and harsh reactions to the meetings and gatherings of opposing factions abroad, supporting intra-Afghan dialogue, and considered inciting Afghans to war as wrong decisions. It should be noted that intra-Afghan talks have recently become a contentious issue among opposing factions, considered one of the main factors of internal conflicts and fragmentation, with very clear consequences.
Similarly, during the fallen republic, the governor of Balkh, Atta Mohammad Noor, in one of his media interviews, reacted to the war slogans at the fifth Vienna conference by saying: “Those who incite the people of Afghanistan to war and conflict, why don’t they send their own children to the battlefronts!?”
In addition, many other officials of the fallen republic also showed strong and harsh reactions to the meetings and gatherings of opposing factions abroad, supporting intra-Afghan dialogue, and considered inciting Afghans to war as wrong decisions.
It should be noted that intra-Afghan talks have recently become a contentious issue among opposing factions, considered one of the main factors of internal conflicts and fragmentation, with very clear consequences.
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