The American Forbes Magazine recently released a report showing that the US and NATO manned and unmanned aircrafts dropped 5,213 bombs on Afghanistan between January and the end of September 2018. The report neither pointed out the exact number of casualties nor did it disclose the scale of destruction caused by these assaults; but it was one of the highest-scale bombings over the past 17 years as Afghanistan had never witnessed as many bombs as it did in 2018.

The real evidence shows that a massive number of victims who were affected by these assaults were women and children, and even at times, Afghan Security Forces were also targeted. But the US justifies such bombardments as an option to press the Taliban in order to pave the way for an American peace. A peace that would only secure the military bases of the US in the region, at the cost of the bloodshed of Afghan Muslim people, which would never put an end to the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Through such measures, the US would like to alienate the leaders of the Taliban from values and principles for which they struggled for over 17 years; and subsequently, push the leaderless Taliban militants to join other existing militant groups such as (ISIS) so that the US strategic goals are secured in the region.

In fact, the US and NATO military operations in Afghanistan have turned into a seven-headed wild beast that have caused extreme bloodshed and terror more than any other terrorism. What other act would be more heinous and terroristic than bombarding of civilians and killing of women and children? The air-strikes destroy more residences, cause massive losses and give the orphans, widows, fathers and mothers grief. As most of the provinces in Afghanistan witness the terrorist aircrafts in the sky, every day, that knell the prospect of death for them.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Afghanistan

Monday, 11th Rabii’ I 1440 AH

19/11/2018 CE

Ref.: Afg. 1440 / 03