History bears testimony to the fact that brave Afghans are invincible. In 1839, colonial super power, the British invaded Afghanistan and puppet Shah Shuja was placed on the throne of Kabul. The Afghans refused to be ruled by any foreign power. A full-scale rebellion against British invaders broke out and two most senior British envoys were murdered. On the disastrous retreat that followed 18000 East India Company troops were slaughtered by Afghan fighters. It was the greatest humiliation ever suffered by a western army in the east.
In the late 20th century, the Soviet Union invaded and captured Afghanistan to meet the same fate. The Taliban freedom fighters with America’s moral and material support defeated and expelled Soviet invaders. Later on the Soviet Union was disintegrated. Now the same brave Taliban freedom fighters are being termed as terrorists by American-NATO combine which has been staging a dance of death and destruction in Afghanistan. History is repeating itself and they would meet the fate of the Soviet Union.
G. Hasnain Kaif
Bhandara, M.S.