Now it seems that in Afghanistan, a battlefield that has been gradually forgotten by people since the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003, neither the United States nor NATO is a winner, nor is the Taliban whose regime was overthrown a complete loser. The war in Afghanistan has been going on for nearly seven years, which can be described as a war that has not yet decided the outcome.
On 2001September 1 1 day, the United States suffered the largest terrorist attack since the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the "9. 1 1 incident", the U.S. government asked the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the patron of Al Qaeda, to hand over bin Laden to the United States, but this request was rejected by the Taliban.
The U.S. military strike against Afghanistan began on 200 1 year1October 7 and ended on February 24 10. The United States and its allies have deployed nearly 80,000 troops around Afghanistan, including about 50,000 American troops, and dispatched five aircraft carrier formations, four amphibious alert brigades and more than 500 fighter planes. Through military strikes, the Taliban regime was overthrown and Al Qaeda's network in Afghanistan was basically destroyed.
Counter-terrorism is "more counter-terrorism"
However, today, many Afghans still live in poverty and turmoil. As early as a few years ago, there were media reports that Taliban forces were making a comeback. The kidnapping of 23 South Koreans in July last year showed the crazy revenge of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Although with the promotion and support of the United States, Afghanistan established a transitional government as early as 2002, and then elected a new parliament and president through general elections in 2004, the entire White House even called Afghanistan a "representative of successful transformation."
However, just in June, 5438+10, the research report released by the independent assessment team of the United States pointed out that the war on terrorism in Afghanistan led by the United States and NATO "became more and more frightening". Since 2007, the domestic situation in Afghanistan has continued to deteriorate, and the Taliban armed forces have enhanced their military operational capabilities, controlling more and more territories and occupying more than half of Afghanistan's territory. According to reports, Afghanistan is currently at the crossroads of "national subjugation". if
Attitude reversal of NATO member States
The attitudes of some NATO members towards the war in Afghanistan have also gradually changed. On June 9 this year, US President Bush began his last trip to Europe. One of the important tasks of Bush's trip is to hope that Europe will support the reconstruction of Afghanistan. In theory, the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan has fallen on NATO's shoulders. But everyone knows that the United States is mainly supporting. After the "September 1 1" incident, all NATO members expressed their support for the war in Afghanistan, but this support is decreasing. Although French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised to send more troops at the NATO summit in April this year, many countries such as Australia and Canada are still withdrawing their troops.
The death toll of soldiers has increased.
According to the latest report, after the death toll of foreign troops such as the United States and Britain in Afghanistan surpassed that of the Iraqi Coalition forces for the first time since 2003 in May this year, the death toll of the Coalition forces in Afghanistan reached 45 in June this year, once again surpassing the death toll of the Coalition forces in Iraq that month. June has also become the month with the largest number of deaths among Coalition forces in Afghanistan since 200 1. A report released by the US Department of Defense last week predicted that in 2008, the number of attacks launched by Taliban forces would far exceed that in 2007, and the security situation in Afghanistan would deteriorate. At a news conference held on the 2nd, US President Bush said that he is currently considering sending more troops to Afghanistan.
As former US Secretary of State Kissinger said during the Vietnam War: As long as the guerrillas are not wiped out, it is victory; As long as the regular army can't win, it is a failure. Now it seems that the United States and NATO are not winners in Afghanistan, which is gradually forgotten by people, and the Taliban, whose regime was overthrown, is not a complete loser. The war in Afghanistan has been going on for nearly seven years, which can be described as a war that has not yet been decided.
It is difficult for the United States to win the hearts of the people in Afghanistan.
Kaga Corea is a small village on the banks of the helmand river River in southern Afghanistan, and its Helmand province is the most complicated province in the country at present. A few days ago, in this remote small village, the Taliban robbed the villagers of the new textbooks, flour and cooking oil that the British army had just sent. The Taliban also warned the villagers that they were not allowed to accept any more gifts from the British troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Therefore, Guram Martin, a local farmer who grows poppies for a living, issued a request to the British army "Don't come to the village again". Although the British army will bring cash, food and other "gifts", although it can be seen from Guram's gaunt face and bare feet that he is in urgent need of assistance, he still made such a request. He explained, "Last time you brought us shoes as a gift, it caused us a lot of trouble. When the Taliban came, they took all the shoes. If we accept the gift this time, the Taliban will definitely get rid of us. "
Victory over the Afghan rebels means winning the trust of the local people. However, although foreign investment in Afghanistan has reached billions of dollars and the international community raised another 20 billion dollars at an aid conference in June this year, the Coalition forces in Afghanistan and the Afghan government still cannot win the trust of the people. Since the United States and its allies overthrew the Taliban regime by military means in 20001year, more women have the opportunity to enter schools for education, the medical and health care in cities has been improved, the economy has been developed, and refugees forced to leave the motherland have returned one after another. However, the collapse of Taliban forces was short-lived, and soon all localities were threatened by anti-government forces again, especially in southern Afghanistan, where Helmand province, a southern province with a population of just over one million, was at the center of chaos.
The inaccessible and uncontrollable mountainous areas in Helmand province facilitate drug trafficking, arms smuggling and anti-government armed forces. In this regard, the government's control ability is weak and the law is not binding. On the contrary, opium smugglers firmly control the agricultural production in this area and provide loans, poppy seeds and fertilizers to local farmers. As a local farmer, it seems that there is no other choice but to accept this arrangement to support their families. In this way, Helmand province has become the largest opium producing area in the world. Chris Alexander, special representative of the United Nations in Afghanistan, said: "The problems in this region used to exist in all parts of Afghanistan, but similar problems have been eliminated in other places, but this place can't be cleaned up like dead leaves."
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) returned to Afghanistan in 2002. At present, Helmand Province has received a lot of funds from USAID. If it is a country, it will rank fifth in USAID's financial aid list/news/200876/1kloc-0/5594970 _ 0.shtml.