At a second when Afghanistan wanted its leaders probably the most, President Ashraf Ghani very conveniently sighting the hazard on his life, fled away from his folks, crushing their hopes if any of combating the Taliban. He left his folks to be tortured, dominated and tyrannized by the Taliban. Whereas girls had been wailing for his or her security, for his or her liberty, for his or her primary rights, President thought it higher to strand them and search for asylum for himself.
In these darkish instances when the world was watching Afghanistan stupefied with horror, it was the son of the soil Amrullah Saleh who stood up for his folks. By a tweet, he introduced that being the First Vice President of the nation, in a state of affairs of absence, escape or resignation of the President, the structure of Afghanistan confers on him the standing of caretaker President. In one other tweet, he hailed the legacy of his hero Ahmed Shah Massoud, the face of resistance towards the Taliban after they first took over in 1996. Amrullah has now joined the legacy of his hero and joined forces together with his son Ahmed Massoud to struggle towards the Taliban.
Amrullah had joined Ahmed Shah Massoud’s Northern Alliance through the first time the Taliban rose to energy within the Nineties. He had accomplished his army coaching in Pakistan again then however has by no means shied away from calling out Pakistan on a number of events for harboring and funding terrorism. His criticism of Pakistan’s motion has grown louder ever for the reason that occasions in Afghanistan unfolded because the Taliban rose to energy once more .
Amrullah is understood to be an outspoken chief and doesn’t draw back from elevating a finger overtly at these he considers at fault. Saleh is a top-notch spy and has been a staunch supporter of democracy in Afghanistan. He has held many vital portfolios from heading Afghan Intelligence throughout Hamid Karzai’s time as president to dealing with the interiors underneath Ashraf Ghani earlier than taking over the place of the First Vice President and now the caretaker President and an emblem of hope for Afghans. He has been educated by the Indian Intelligence and has labored with Intelligence companies all around the world to curb terrorism. He was instrumental within the crackdown of Al-Qaeda Chief and US’s arch-nemesis Osama Bin Laden.
By his tweet he knowledgeable the world, “he would by no means bow earlier than Taliban and by no means be underneath the identical roof as Afghanistan.” He made this assertion as a proclamation of continuous his struggle towards the Taliban, for he’s rightly a follower of Sher-e-Panjshir, Ahmed Shah Massoud and a long-time nemesis of the Taliban. He has suffered loads by the hands of those radical fighters who tortured his sister Mariam and have tried quite a few assassination makes an attempt at him, sending suicide bombers into his workplace constructing. In certainly one of these assaults, he misplaced two of his nephews. Criticizing the peace talks held between America and the Taliban he warned the US of the Taliban’s deep-rooted terror hyperlinks and their affinity for a radical and tyrannical regime.
Saleh has at present shifted base to Panjshir alongside together with his deceased chief’s son Ahmed Massoud and Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, Defence Minister within the Ghani authorities. They’ve joined forces and have created a resistance wall which the Taliban is but to trespass. They’re armed and guarded by the tough terrain of the area for now. The Afghan flag is hoisted at full mast within the valley whereas Saleh is urging world leaders via his tweets to supply help to the nation, he has been reaching out to folks, in his handle to Canada, he urged the nation to “not hand over on Afghanistan” in these robust instances. He thanked them for his or her assist to date and referred to as the ally to face by them in these robust instances. Proving to be a real son of his motherland he’s resolved to maintain combating until his final breath and take down the Taliban.
In the meantime, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come out in assist of the Taliban praising them for ‘breaking the shackles of slavery’ . The struggle for the liberation of Afghanistan continues and although the opposition is stronger one can solely hope for the triumph of liberty over oppression and rule of equality over the open bloodbath of ladies’s rights occurring proper now. As Amrullah cited this couplet of Rumi on the finish of his handle to Canada, “on this land, on this land and pure farm. Let’s sow nothing however seeds of peace and compassion”. The journey forward doesn’t appear to be a mattress of roses however the righteous sons of Rumi are decided to struggle for his or her freedom, their land and the legacy of their forefathers.