It has been now five days after the Taliban took over the Afghan capital Kabul but there is yet to be seen any progress in filling the current political vacuum.
Afghanistan is currently devoid of any kind of government and head of state and the Taliban have not been able to make progress in this regard.
The only move towards shaping government by the Taliban has been the meetings of their key members and visit of Mullah Baradar-head of Taliban’s political office in Doha- to Kandahar province.
Anas Haqqani, a member of the Taliban’s negotiating team in Doha, and his brother, Abdurahman Haqqani, head of Haqqani network and one of the key members of the Taliban; respectively met with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and head of High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul.
Then-President Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, and head of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulabadin Hekmatyar have jointly shaped a council that is apparently negotiating with the Taliban about upcoming government.
On the other hand, Mullah Baradar along with his delegation is due to visit Kabul and negotiate over the upcoming government.
The Taliban have repeatedly been saying to be making inclusive and Islamic government that is accepted by all and have asked the leaders in exile to return and join them.
The ANA was trained by the Indians – and so,it was doomed !
It was ONLY the USSR which invested in the ANA , and developed its leadership and IDENTIFIED TALENT , for recruitment.
Y ?
Because of IDEOLOGY ! Communism !
It was the intellectual coordinate and intersection of Communism,between the USSR and the Afghans – which provided the osmotic and symbiotic relationship between the 2 ,and thus,the 2 armies and their nations and leaders,,were comrades in arms and partners in an ideological war.THERE WAS NEVER A THREAT PERCEPTION TO THE USSR,FROM THE ANA
USA was just using the ANA as cannon fodder and mercenaries.There was NO IDEOLOGICAL COORDINATE OR PROXIMITY OR CONVERGENCE.
The entire military strategy and leadership was American.The US aim was to keep 350000 ,men FROM JOINING TALIBAN and using the ANA,to keep the Taliban and Al Qaeda ON THE MOVE.When there is movement, enemies BECOME TARGETS – who can then be killed !There was never any attempt to build an ANA leadership ,as the ANA would have toppled Ghani ,as soon as the US left.
The issue is not the technology given to the ANA.You do not need high-tech to fight Taliban.Basically,the ANA knew that the Taliban were at BAY ONLY DUE TO THE AMERICANS.ANA WAS USED TO KEEP THE TARGET MOVING AND VISIBLE and the TRIANGULATION WAS ALL DONE BY THE US WITH DRONES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY
ANA knew that once the US left .- it was ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME ! The ANA could not even protect the Salma Dam of the Indians which was also a disaster
like Chabahar !
And with the exit of the US, the vacuous ness of the Afghan regime’s ideology,was exposed – and so,the ANA said – WHAT ARE WE DYING FOR – NOW ?
There is a misconception about the 1 Trillion USD spent by the US,Most of it is transfer pricing, like salaries on the US army.Some of it is Military Training and R&D – which is experimentation with new tech and tactics.The payments to ANA and The Afghan state ,are TO CREATE A MINION OF SPIES AND AGENTS FOR LIFE – SO IT IS AN INVESTMENT – NOT A COST.
The Residual cost of A FEW BILLION USD, IS THE COST OF NOT HAVING A 9/11 – CAT INSURANCE ! AND IT WAS WORTH IT FOR THE US !
But now,if the US does NOT BAIL OUT TALIBAN – THEN THAT INSURANCE POLICY MIGHT BLOW UP ! dindooohindoo