A few days ago, the leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party, Mohammad Mohaqiq, traveled to Iran under the guise of addressing the problems of refugees. This trip, which was officially announced by the National Resistance Council under the pretext of solving the problems of refugees in Iran, had several hidden objectives and dimensions. The Voice of Hindukush provides a brief overview based on information obtained from its reliable sources.
First, the trip to Iran by Mohqiq was a competitive journey and a kind of reaction to the earlier trip by Sayyaf, a member of the Resistance Council’s leadership and head of the Dawat Party, which took place a few months ago. In that trip, Sayyaf had requested the Iranian side to facilitate and mediate talks between the caretaker government of Afghanistan and the Iranian side, which had given him the green light. In response to this request, the Mohqiq and Yunus Qanuni factions within the Resistance Council initially opposed it and launched covert campaigns among the council members. A plan was devised by Mohqiq and Qanuni to convince the other council members to send a delegation to Iran in an appropriate manner. Eventually, based on this plan, the issue of sending a delegation to Iran and Pakistan to discuss the problems of refugees was raised in the council with the use of Yunus Qanuni. After extensive discussions, it was decided to send delegations from the Resistance Council to both countries. This was carried out, and according to the pre-arranged plan, Mohqiq ostensibly traveled to Iran on behalf of the council. However, in reality, this trip was a successful coordinated effort with Yunus Qanuni to undermine and diminish the impact of Sayyaf’s earlier trip and plans.
Secondly, the Mohaqiq has a joint project with Iran to reduce the population and number of the Baloch people in Balochistan, to make the Baloch people a minority in Balochistan, and to settle the Hazara people in their place, which was also one of the main objectives of this trip. According to reliable sources from the Hindu Kush Voice, long discussions and secret agreements have taken place between the Iranian side and the Mohaqiq regarding the implementation mechanism of this project.
Since the Mohaqiq has a long history of espionage with Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI, and was a key part of the ISI’s visits and agreements in Pakistan last March, where the focus was on working for Pakistani intelligence in Iran and the region and gathering information of interest to them, the Mohaqiq now wants to use this joint project and opportunity with Iran to not only settle Hazaras in Baloch-inhabited areas but also to place his own people and spies in Iran, particularly in the border province and areas of Balochistan, for Pakistan.
But whether Mohqiq will be able to successfully navigate such a complex game with Iran, Pakistan, and the Resistance Council at the same time is doubtful. Given the history of Afghanistan’s fugitive politicians and their entangled political and espionage backgrounds, it seems unlikely, unless regional and global intelligence organizations use them as tools to achieve their larger goals.
