From what sources does the US get information about Afghanistan?
Source: Sultan Ahmad, especially for Sangar
1 - Pakistan provides the US with all its information about Afghanistan.
2 - Afghanistan's neighboring countries such as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and India share their information with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
3 - The CIA also receives information about Afghanistan through Turkey and channels of NATO member countries. NATO has an intelligence organization that deals with Afghanistan issues. In this organization, there are close ties between the Turks and the Americans, and all information is available to the United States.
4 - Those who themselves or their families are waiting to move to the West or are somehow promised to move, those who worked in the security field in the Republican system, these people through their channels share their information with information transmission channels that are controlled by the CIA. These people are currently present inside and outside Afghanistan.
5 - Former Afghan national security officials who are currently in the USA, England, Pakistan, France, and other European capitals. They meet every month with the security services of these countries and are asked who they are in contact with, what they have heard, and what information they have for the Americans.
6- All devices and equipment of the Ministry of Communications of Afghanistan and telecommunication networks of Afghanistan have American roots. The Afghan Wireless Network (AWCC) equipment is American, and the owner of Afghan Wireless, Mr. Ehsanullah Bayat, is loyal to the Americans, and all information is transferred to the USA. The equipment of Roshan's telecommunications network is also French, and the information available to it is also transmitted to the Americans. All of this industry communications and information from the ground is also linked to the CIA.
7 - According to the Doha Agreement, the Americans and the Taliban have an intelligence-sharing agreement between the CIA and Taliban intelligence. This issue was mentioned in a recent article by William Burns. They regularly exchange intelligence information.
8 - According to the contract that the Americans entered into with Pakistan, American drones take off daily from Qatar, pass through Pakistani airspace observe the skies of Afghanistan for 10-12 hours, and then return to Qatar. This agreement between Pakistan and the United States is still in effect.
9 – The vast majority of major and well-known politicians in Afghanistan are in direct contact with the Americans, and they regularly share their information with the CIA.
10 - Field reports of non-governmental organizations or NGOs are transmitted to the United States, as they are all actively supported by the two billion dollars in annual assistance provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). All information and reports collected by NGOs are transferred to the CIA. Throughout history, the Western and US strategy of indirect presence has always been to provide humanitarian assistance through NGOs. NGOs are vehicles for promoting American foreign policy and indirect presence in the world. The issue of humanitarian assistance is just a cover, and at the moment the US is present in Afghanistan and collecting information in this way.
