Afghanistan gets confused 28th Presidential election September 22 19:18
A presidential election will be held on 28th of this month in Afghanistan where terrorism and attacks will not stop the deterioration of security. While the peace negotiations between the US government and the anti-government armed forces Taliban, which were seen as close to the agreement, have stalled and the turmoil has further deepened, the stability of security is the biggest issue.
In Afghanistan, the presidential election is held once every five years on 28th of this month.
In the election, 16 incumbents such as the incumbent President Gani aiming for re-election and Administration Secretary Abdullah of No. 2 are running, and the stability of security is the biggest issue as terrorism and attacks do not stop the deterioration of security The
In Afghanistan, since the majority of the international forces centered on the U.S. army withdrew in 2014, the anti-government armed forces Taliban have rebounded as if they were in the gap, and the Afghan government's control and influence exerted. The region is said to be less than 60% of the total.
In addition to the Taliban, the attack by the radical organization IS = Islamic State has increased, and many civilians have been sacrificed. According to the UN, there were over 3,800 civilians who died in terrorism and attacks last year. It ’s been the worst since 2009, when I went up and started research.
On the other hand, the United States, which has been conducting military operations locally for 18 years, triggered by the 2001 terrorist attacks, has embarked on a peace negotiation with the Taliban since last year, and it was seen that there was close agreement on the withdrawal of some of the American troops, etc. .
However, Afghanistan's turmoil is deepening as the US President Trump announced the cancellation of the peace negotiations following the terrorist attacks that took place this month.
Presidential Election Composition
Afghan presidential election held once every five years. This is the 4th time since the collapse of the Taliban administration in 2001, and it will be held in conjunction with the expiration of the term of office of President Gani.
Initially, the election campaign was run by 18 members including President Gani, who is aiming for re-election, Secretary General Abdullah, who is the prime minister of the administration number two, and Mr. Atmar, who served as the security advisor for the Gani administration.
However, Mr. Atmar, who had been prominent in security measures and expected his skill, retired from the campaign, and in fact it is a battle between Mr. Gani and Mr. Abdullah.
Mr. Gani is from the majority of Pashtun and has worked for the World Bank. During the Karzai administration, he served as finance minister and became president for the first time in the previous election.
Abdullah, on the other hand, has a Pashtun father and a minority Tajik mother and is a powerful figure of the former Northern Alliance that once fought the Taliban regime.
Taking advantage of the name recognition that served as Foreign Minister during the Karzai administration, he was running for the last time, but after close-up, he lost to Mr. Gani.
In this election campaign, anti-government armed forces such as the Taliban continue to fight against terrorism and attacks, and all candidates are conducting campaigns with the highest priority on security stability.
Mr. Gani is not only relying on armed forces but also seeking to improve security by calling on the Taliban, whereas Mr. Abdullah cannot suppress the Taliban's offensive with the current security measures. He accuses Mr. Gani of being invited and tries to capture critical votes.
If any candidate fails to win a majority in this vote, the final two will be voted for.
Last time, it was a final vote by Mr. Gani and Mr. Abdullah, but because a large-scale suspicion of fraud was discovered and caused confusion, the United States started to mediate, and all the votes were checked As a result, Mr. Gani's first win was decided.
On the other hand, the Taliban has declared obstruction of the election, and there are growing concerns about whether the election can be conducted smoothly as terrorism and attacks are repeated in various places. The preliminary results of the presidential election are expected to be revealed next month.
Afghan strategies of successive US administrations
Following the terrorist attacks that hit the United States in September 2001, the Bush administration at that time embarked on a military operation in Afghanistan with the aim of destroying the international terrorist organization Al Qaeda.
The Taliban regime that had kept Al Qaeda collapsed. The Bush administration will station US troops in Afghanistan and proceed with a sweeping campaign between Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
However, in 2003, when the Bush administration started the Iraq war and moved the main battlefield of the fight against terrorism to Iraq, a so-called power gap was created in Afghanistan. It went through it! I've been doing it for a while! ... ま し た ያ。 As a result, it ’d go down! て ያ。 የ。 ्。 የ。。 다 ያ。。 다。 로) .: I've never done this again.。 ያ。 የ。 ያ。- ያየ。 ر جمد. ま し た。 다。 로) .: `` That's right! ”. ま し た。。 ያ。-。。 ያ。- ያ。 。ر。ر لف。ر 。اند جمن لا موتعا。ات لا。رانت جمي。ا .. 로。’ ま し た “” “”, ”” said “Ok” “”; “That ’s what I wanted.”。 “
In response, the Obama administration, born in 2009, returns the main battlefield of the fight against terrorism back to Afghanistan, withdrawing American troops from Iraq, while increasing Afghan troops.
In addition, the local military and police were nurtured, and the plan to transfer the security maintenance authority to the Afghanistan side by step was advanced.
The Obama administration also decided that it would be difficult to hold down the Taliban with its military power, and changed its policy not to negotiate with the Taliban of the former Bush administration. In 2010, we will start a secret dialogue with the Taliban to see if peace can be explored by incorporating the Taliban into Afghanistan.
However, the difference in position with the Taliban side over the conditions for initiating the negotiations was not filled, and President Karzai at that time in Afghanistan strongly repelled the direct dialogue over the head of the Afghan government, and the negotiations got underwater.
As the military and diplomatic situation persists, President Trump, who assumed office in 2017, is willing to withdraw as he spends a huge budget on military operations in Afghanistan.
In the first year of office, persuaded by the Secretary of Defense, etc. to forsake the withdrawal and decide to increase the number of American troops, but since the security does not improve at all, last year of the second year of office, in full-scale peace negotiations with the Taliban Decided to embark.
A special envoy in charge of peace negotiations was born in Afghanistan who is familiar with the local situation, appoints former UN ambassador Mr. Halilzad who is a former acquaintance with President Gani and is detained by the Pakistani government at the request of the Taliban side The Taliban's former number 2 encourages and realizes the liberation of the influential Lord Valadal.
Nearly a year ago, a full-scale negotiation for peace was underway between Special Representative Harilzad and the liberated Master Valadal.
Taliban "Resumption of peace negotiations"
As peace negotiations between the US government and anti-government armed forces Taliban stalled over peace in Afghanistan, Taliban officials who participated in the negotiations called for the United States to resume peace negotiations, but if they did not respond, It shows a stance not to resign.
Regarding Afghanistan, the United States government announced that it has entered into a peace talk with the anti-government armed forces Taliban and announced that this month, in principle, agreed on a draft peace agreement, but the negotiations were canceled due to the subsequent terrorist attacks by the Taliban .
As peace talks stalled, spokesman Shaheen, who participated in the negotiations on the Taliban side, responded to NHK's solo interview in the Middle East of Qatar.
In this, Shaheen spoke about the cancellation of the peace talks: "The US side has withdrawn from the agreement because it withdrew from the draft stage. If you really want to solve the problem, come here and resume. I have to call the US side to resume negotiations.
On the other hand, “If the American side does not want a peaceful solution, we have no choice but to continue the battle,” indicating that the US side will not resign from further use of force, I've been fighting.
However, even after the announcement of the cancellation of negotiations, terrorism and attacks by the Taliban continue to continue, so there may be conflicting opinions between the peace propulsion group and the hard-lined group opposed to this within the Taliban. Some have pointed out.
What is the Taliban
The Taliban was formed in southern Afghanistan in 1994 when the country was exhausted in the civil war after the withdrawal of the former Soviet army.
The Taliban was formed by the students who were educated at the Islamic Theological Seminary in neighboring Pakistan, with the aim of “establishing a true Islamic state”.
In 1996, two years later, the power was rapidly expanded and the capital Kabul was conquered to establish a government and put most of the land under control.
In addition to prohibiting women's education by taking a policy that interpreted Islam very severely, in 2001, blasting the Buddha of Bamiyan, a world-famous Buddhist site, saying that idol worship is contrary to Islamic teaching And received international criticism.
In the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Taliban administration collapsed as American troops decided to conduct military operations in Afghanistan because they refused to hand over the mastermind, Osama bin Laden.
However, after the collapse of the administration, some Taliban powers reinforced their position around southern Kandahar, where they were based, and hired in the border area with neighboring Pakistan to strengthen their fighting capabilities.
In 2014, the majority of the international units stationed in Afghanistan withdrew, and the power came back to the point and repeated terrorism and attacks.