andThe Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was established after the end of the first Taliban rule in 2001, and fell under the same Taliban attack on Sunday, with two presidents. Since then, one of them has been in exile in the United Arab Emirates. The other is to negotiate the political future of the country with the new ruler of Kabul. Hamid Karzai is the latter, Ashraf Ghani former. The stories of these two men and the ongoing competition between them draw attention to conflicts and conspiracies, which are characteristic of Afghan politics and sometimes paralyze the country’s leadership — which is conducive to the victory of the Taliban. .
Ghani appeared to allow some self-criticism when talking about taking over power in a video speech released on Wednesday evening. Taliban It is the failure of politics, not the failure of the army. However, he mainly accused the United States of imposing a peace process on his government. Gani said that this was actually a “process of war” and did not reflect the wishes of the people. The Ghani, who have been in office since 2014, have opposed President Donald Trump’s government from the very beginning and have been holding talks with the Taliban since 2018, and he has not participated. The Kabul government faced the fait accompli of American allies time and time again-until Joe Biden suddenly decided to withdraw in April.
Storm of rage
Nevertheless, Ghani has been facing a storm of anger since heading into the country on Sunday. The president should have gone to Doha to negotiate the transfer of power with the Taliban. Saad Mohseni, the owner of Tolo TV, called Ghani a coward and said that people would “spit on his grave for a hundred years.” One of the ministers talked about the crime of treason.
even Donald Trump Said: “To be honest, I have never had much confidence in Ghani,” the former US president said on Fox News. In his eyes, he is “a complete liar.” The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan has rumored-possibly according to Russian reports-that the president carried more than 160 million U.S. dollars with him. Since then, social media has been calling on Interpol to arrest Ghani. He denied the allegations in the video. In fact, he couldn’t even bring the right shoes, everything happened too fast.
While the 72-year-old Ghani was going through a career trough, 11-year-old Hamid Karzai worked hard over the past few days to get himself started again-but the result is still uncertain. On Sunday night, the president from 2001 to 2014 announced the establishment of a coordination committee to talk to the Taliban. In addition to him, there is also the politician and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (Gulbuddin Hekmatyar) Contact Abdullah He has been fighting for power with Ghani for a long time and is regarded as a political ally of Karzai. It was also Abdullah who yelled a few unkind words (“God should hold him accountable”) after Ghani escaped in a Facebook video, and Karzai did not make a public statement.
