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Raheel-Nawaz Regime Consolidates US Presence in Region and Works to Destroy Resistance Against US Forces

News:

On 3 May 2015, Afghan officials and Afghan Taliban began a two-day meeting in Qatar. This meeting was organized by Pugwash Conference group, a non-governmental organization based in Canada.  Pakistani Foreign Secretary, Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, welcomed the talks and said, “Our message is very clear that they (Taliban) have to talk. If they talk and are able to contribute to peace in Afghanistan, that is the best thing that can happen to us and the whole region.” He further said that Pakistan is determined to improve relations with Afghanistan and is “quietly making dedicated efforts” to push the peace process between Kabul and the Taliban.


 

Comment:

Since the announcement of a limited US withdrawal by the end of 2014, on 27th March 2009, America has been desperate to bring Afghan Taliban to the negotiation table, so it can have a political solution to preserve her colonialist interests in Afghanistan. In 2013 Afghan Taliban were allowed to open their office in Doha, Qatar but just after one month it was closed, ostensibly over a row over placing the flag of Taliban presenting them as a state. The US has been applying the concept of carrot and stick to force the Afghan Taliban to accept the US devised peace agreement. The Raheel-Nawaz regime has been instrumental in America’s plan. The regime sometimes facilitates their going abroad from Pakistan to participate in peace talks. At other times, the regime is abducting and killing Afghan Taliban leaders in Pakistan, such as the capture of Mullah Mansoor Dadullah from a compound inside Pakistan and the killing Nasiruddin Haqqani, the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, at Bhara Kahu near Islamabad. As the 2014 withdrawal was approaching with no sign of a peace deal with Afghan Taliban, the US ordered Raheel-Nawaz regime to intensify military operations in North Waziristan, the strong hold of the Haqqani network, is a source of grave concern to the Americans.

Just after the talks in Qatar, Nawaz and Raheel went to Kabul on 12th May 2015 and criticized the offensive “Operation Azm” by Afghan Taliban. Nawaz Sharif said, “Continuation of such an offensive and attacks will be construed as terrorist acts”. Abdul Qadir Baloch, a retired general, who now serves as Minister for States and Frontier Regions, said, “The Taliban should understand that difficult days are ahead for them. The pressure is coming and they will not have anyone to look to for help. They are to be killed and arrested wherever they are.” It is not surprising that just the next day after their Kabul visit, a horrific killing took place in Karachi in which forty five people from the Ismaili community were killed and the regime exploited it to breathe life into the National Action Plan, which is primarily geared to persecute the sincere Mujahidin who fight against US occupying forces in Afghanistan.

It is very clear that the Raheel-Nawaz regime will bend backwards in order to secure US interests in the region. Instead of working to expel America to end the chaos in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which is due to the US presence either in the shape of US forces, CIA or the Raymond Davis Network, the Raheel-Nawaz regime is consolidating the US presence in Afghanistan and destroying resistance against her occupation. It is the duty of a Muslim army to liberate the Muslims lands from the Kafir occupying forces, but the Raheel-Nawaz regime is doing the exact opposite. The Raheel-Nawaz regime is trying to give a false impression that if a peace deal is struck between Afghan Taliban and US, we will see an end to violence, but the reality is contrary to it. It is a historical fact that the US presence will never bring peace and stability. It is in the interest of Islam, Muslims, Pakistan and Afghanistan that the US must be kicked out of this region. So the sincere Mujahidin must not succumb to US pressure applied upon it by the Raheel-Nawaz regime. Politicians, Ullema and intellectuals must reject the US sponsored peace talks which are in fact surrender talks. Only after the US expulsion, can Pakistan and Afghanistan have a future of security and stability. However, this can only be done by a sincere leadership which implements Islam. So the sincere amongst the armed forces must extend Nussrah to Hizb ut-Tahrir for the establishment of Khilafah. The Khalifah will order Muslim armies and sincere Mujahidin to cleanse Muslims Lands of the US filth. And this is not difficult to do with the help of Allah سبحانه وتعالى.

وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لاَ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ للَّهِ

And fight them until there is no more Fitnah and worship is for Allah (Alone)

(Al-Baqara: 193)

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir by

Shahzad Shaikh

Deputy to the Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Wilayah Pakistan