Besides raising awareness on our personal social media account, anyone moved by the tragedy in Afghanistan and able to provide a financial aid to the victims of the insurgency can donate to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), one of which is International Rescue Committee (IRC), a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development NGO. China has declared its readiness to build a ‘friendly’ relation with the Taliban, in which a cooperative attitude has been mutual above China’s wariness on the potential threat, as China Foreign Ministry stated “ the Afghan Taliban have repeatedly expressed their hope to develop good relations for China and look forward to China’s participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, and will never allow any forces to use Afghan territory to do things that endanger China” -a shift from the past when China refused to recognize Taliban’s rule in 1996.Īs of now, seeing that the world is under the unprecedented threat of Covid-19 pandemic, looming over our personal lives and hindering the mobility of humans around the world, the most viable help that any person can do is by raising the awareness about the unlawful misconducts and atrocities that the Taliban had committed. On the other side of the spectrum, a mixed reaction has emerged from the step China took in adjusting to the new reality resulting from the Taliban’s rise. With the Taliban seeming to sit on the throne, neither a welcoming statement nor a recognition refusal is declared firmly. Classic grey responses came from India, Japan, and many other countries who had previously shown their support by giving development assistance to the Afghan government under President Ashraf Ghani. Neighbouring country Pakistan, which had been accused of providing sanctuary for the Taliban, has had its Prime Minister officially welcoming the return of Taliban. What we know so far about the IS-K is that they have a contesting view of Islamic law with the Taliban both emerged to put their interpretation of their own version of Shariah law on the stage. The ISIS-K passed the Taliban security a failed promise the Taliban made in protecting the territory. “We will not forget, we will not forgive, we will hunt you down and make you pay,” Biden’s message to the attackers declared. One day after the incident, the US launched the drone airstrike targeting individuals suspected to be the previous attack planner and possibly the future ones. The terrorists are again taking their place in the middle of the Afghan turmoil, bringing out political criticisms to Biden’s decision on their withdrawal. Recently, as the US inches towards closure in Afghanistan, it lost 13 of its troops on August 26 due to the several blasts including the terrorist suicide bombings in Kabul - happened to be the ISIS-K - counted as the first US casualties in Afghanistan in 18 months and said to be the deadliest day for them in a decade, not to mention more than a hundred deaths of the civilians. It was then that the Taliban decided to escalate their offences and one by one seized control of all districts until the evening of August 15, the Taliban succeeded in capturing Kabul which birthed the now infamous photograph of Taliban fighters with guns sitting in the presidential throne. One day in July, seemingly overnight, the Americans abandoned the central hub for their military operations-the Bagram air base, without warning or caution to their Afghan counterparts. What ensued in reality could not stray further than what they had expected. aides were to be issued soon after the global community holds on to the belief that the very Afghan troops they had been equipping and training for the last 20 years must be able to regain control of the land that are rightfully theirs. They were to start withdrawing troops in May visas for U.S. When President Joe Biden announced in April that the US would pull out of Afghanistan in the following months, it was clear that the fate of the country had been sealed for the worse.
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