The Taliban despaired of reaching an agreement with the Kabul government and went on the offensive. They can be understood - the official Kabul pulled rubber. They still hoped that the Americans would change their minds and come back. Their expectations were partly justified - the Americans began barbaric carpet bombing of Afghanistan with the help of their "flying fortresses" - huge B-52 bombers. Created in 1952 for the nuclear bombing of Moscow and Leningrad, the B-52 destroyed cities and hundreds of thousands of people in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Now these aerial monsters are bombing Afghanistan again.

So it is with the departure of the Americans - they will not leave until they blow the country to shreds so that it cannot recover for many years. This is how Noam Chomsky, the famous American dissident scientist, defined the American strategy at one time. Whoever does not obey will be thrown back into the Stone Age, he wrote. But the striving of peoples for freedom is stronger than cold logic.

Before the last bombs fell, the Taliban took over three provincial capitals, including Kunduz, one of the most important cities in the north. They surrounded Kandahar, the second largest and most important city in the country, and are fighting stubborn battles for it. The Kabul army offers little resistance, the soldiers scatter - except for the highly paid special forces guarding the banks. Kabul has failed to win over local Uzbeks and Tajiks. Legendary Uzbek general Abdul-Rashid Dostum returned to his homeland in Northern Afghanistan after a long illness; many believed that his return would change the balance of power, but so far this has not happened.

Here is one example of the multidimensionality of what is happening.

The Swedish state organization SIDA, which provides international aid in many countries - including Afghanistan - announced that it would end aid to Afghanistan if the Taliban came to power.

Similar statements were made by other Western organizations providing humanitarian assistance.

That is, they showed that they do not care about the poor people, but try to spread their influence and influence the internal political situation in Afghanistan.

The US threatens that if the Taliban wins * it will try to undermine its international recognition.

Many countries are concerned about both the flow of refugees and the large number of wounded and killed in the fighting.

It would be good to reach reconciliation in order to end the fighting.

Moscow calls on the parties to the conflict to sit down - seriously, without dodging - at the negotiating table and agree on the creation of a coalition interim government before the elections.

The ball is on the side of Kabul, which is still pulling with serious negotiations.

Perhaps the fall of three capitals in one day will help the Kabul government understand that it needs to hurry.

The senior Taliban want an early reconciliation - they have already fought.

But young people do not mind fighting.

If there is no quick settlement, then Comrade Mauser will have the floor.

China, Afghanistan's powerful neighbor, has already reportedly promised to recognize the Taliban government if they come to power.

This and other similar messages should accelerate the formation of a coalition government. 

But a complete victory for the Taliban is also not excluded, although it will be achieved with a lot of blood. For the peoples of Europe and the United States, and this will be better than the current situation. In the United States alone, 50,000 people die every year from an overdose of heroin imported by the CIA from Afghanistan. The end of the occupation will lead to the end of the opioid epidemic in the United States and Europe. After all, the Taliban successfully fought drug production until the Americans ousted it in 1991. If the CIA has less funds for subversive activities abroad, so much the better. 

However, Russia does not forget about options either.

Although the Taliban leadership is determined to seek peace and promises not to spread its ideas in Central Asia, young warlords do not always heed the voice of the leadership.

Therefore, Russia conducts military exercises together with the armies and aviation of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan;

Russian strategic bombers and fighters are taking part in the exercise.

This should bolster morale in the former Soviet republics and keep dashing Afghan youth from raiding the north.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.


The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.