It has yet to be proven whether or not military action can effectively combat such an amorphous opponent. The “war on terrorism,” as it has been called, is a war against an idea and an ideology. 3Ī final and significant challenge lies in the fundamental nature of the threat. GDP per capita is estimated at $800, while as much as $3 billion annually is collected as the product of a booming drug trade, which consequently funds insurgent activity. According to recent estimates, less than 50% of the adult male population was classified as literate while that number is less than 15% for women. Other non-military challenges abound in a country that is among the poorest in the world. It is apparent at this point that any viable strategy for long-term security and stability in Afghanistan will require a strengthened domestic government-including stronger military and police forces-capable of maintaining the rule of law throughout the entire country, especially in rural areas currently beyond Kabul’s reach. Military challenges are augmented by what has been the lack of a clear strategy that stretches beyond immediate security concerns. policy in the region the Afghan government, led by President Hamid Karzai, effectively controls only the capital city of Kabul, while rampant corruption leaves the population disaffected and unenthused and ongoing challenges continue to grow within the mountainous tribal areas that compose the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, straining U.S.-Pakistan relations and threatening to further destabilize the entire region. Areas that were previously secured have been retaken by militants significant increases in civilian casualties, caused primarily by U.S.-led attacks, have fostered a growing resentment within the civilian population towards U.S. “In May 2019, General Austin Miller, the commander of Resolute Support Mission and US Forces – Afghanistan, noted that Al Qaeda is operating “across the country” and not confined to one region,” the report added.Nearly eight years into the war, the security situation in Afghanistan appears to be deteriorating at an increasingly fast past. Previously in March this year, Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security killed Abu Muhammad al Tajiki, a senior AQIS military commander in Paktika province. Additionally, Afghan security forces targeted Al Qaeda in two other provinces that were not mentioned by Thabat: Nimroz and Paktika,” added the report. Those provinces are: Badakhshan, Farah, Ghazni, Helmand, Kapisa, Kunar, and Nangarhar. “Afghan press reports from September 2020 to the present confirms that Al Qaeda and its allies are operating in seven of the provinces noted by Thabat. The provinces where Thabat reported on operations are Badakhshan, Balkh, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Helmand, Jawzjan, Kapisa, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar, Kunduz, Khost, Logar, Nangarhar, Takhar, Uruzgan, and Zabul. Long War Journal’s analysis of 16 issues of Thabat has shown that the Al Qaeda and its allies had been responsible for many attacks in 18 provinces of the country since November 2020 till now. In all, Al Qaeda is operating in at least 21 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces as per such reports. Thabat, Al Qaeda’s media platform, has noted the group’s operations in 18 provinces in Afghanistan and Afghan security forces have also targeted Al Qaeda operatives in two additional provinces. The journal has been tracking Al Qaeda’s presence in Afghanistan for over 10 years using press releases and public statements from the US military, NATO’s command in Afghanistan, and Afghan security services, as well as the jihadist groups’ own statements. Kabul: The Long War Journal in a report published on Friday has stated that the Al Qaeda and its regional branch, Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, continue to operate across Afghanistan despite repeated Taliban claims that the group has no presence in the country.
0 kommentar(er)
