If nothing remains of the Taliban in history, their lies may perpetuate their name.
Author: Farid Ahmad, editor-in-chief of the Sangar website
The Taliban is either too intoxicated with power, or simply crazy, that it is clearly lying, and it does not matter to it whether anyone believes it, or accepts its words or not. Apparently, for it, the reaction and opinion of the audience are not important and are not worth even a penny. The Taliban does not need to be believed or accepted, be it by the people of Afghanistan or even by the whole world.
Perhaps the Taliban have now reached such a level of stupidity that they believe their own lies. Isn't it amazing that they think everyone knows they're lying?! Like an ostrich who sticks his head in the ground and thinks: if he doesn’t see others, then others don’t see him.
One of the latest examples of Taliban lies is the recent statement by Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, regarding the creation of a special military unit to protect the Qush Teppa Canal. He proudly announced that this unit would be dedicated to protecting this “great national project” and thousands of workers, construction equipment, and vehicles.
Isn’t it strange that the implementation of the “great national project” began in March 2022, the construction of about 100 kilometers of the canal has already been completed, and the Taliban have only now begun to think about its safety? In reality, the dangerous times for the channel are behind. And further. Has anyone attacked this “great national project” or have there been explosions on its territory, even around it, for more than a year and a half? The answer is negative: no.
Apparently, someone informed the Taliban about the weakness in Mujahid's statement, and the group quickly tried to correct this mistake, after which the news reached the media about the "arrest of an armed group that wanted to blow up the Qush Teppa Canal dam." But again, this time the Taliban is like a thief who first announces that he is going to steal from a certain object and then acts and everyone knows who the thief is.
They did not name ISIS or any other subversive group. But the index finger was pointed towards Pakistan, which once allegedly opposed the construction of the Qush Teppa Canal at some meeting with the Taliban.
Yes, this (the Pakistani trail) was not part of Mujahid's big lie, but the media spread this version, citing "Taliban intelligence". Governments build multi-story buildings, and the Taliban invent multi-story lies...
The issue of expulsion of Afghan migrants: Pakistan got rid of Imran Khan's supporters by expelling a large number of Afghan migrants, and the Taliban, in turn, found hopeless and desperate people to Pashtunize northern Afghanistan. So, how true or false is the claim that Pakistan is against the Qush Teppa project and wants to blow it up? There is no logic.
The function of the special forces for the protection of Kush-Teppa is not the protection of the “great national project” or “its employees and equipment,” but the care of the same “deported migrants” or Pashtuns of Pakistan. The invisible emir also issued an order according to which he would personally distribute the lands of Qush Teppa.
First, it is necessary to identify this “armed group” about which nothing is known. Because it is not even clear whether he exists or not at all, and if he does exist, then to which group he belongs. Secondly, this must be announced, at least for the sake of decency.
Other media presented this group as ISIS, and one of its members as a “Ukrainian woman.” And ISIS has in the past repeatedly announced its plan to send suicide bombers to Central Asian countries.
But why did the Taliban announce this particular group as “armed”, and not traditionally as members of ISIS, which they are fighting? Or could they be members of another terrorist organization, such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan?
Washington, Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, etc. are drunk with the "Taliban's fight against ISIS". This "fight" is the only talisman that removes their curse on the Taliban and makes this ethnic and tribal terrorist group attractive to them. But why don’t the Taliban talk about the failed ISIS attack on Qush Teppa?
It is logical to ask: if ISIS is not another mutation of the Taliban and really wants to strike at the Taliban, then why not blow up the Qush Tepa canal dam and drag the Taliban into a conflict with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan? Order in the region may be disrupted! What more effective blow could ISIS strike against the Taliban?
But the Taliban will never present this “armed group” as ISIS, because then its previous myth and lies about the fight against ISIS will be revealed. In particular, Khalilzad and Kabulov, the Taliban lobbyists, will be disappointed, since the Taliban's "successful" fight against ISIS is something they can boast about to their leadership to justify their strategic mistake - bringing the Taliban to power and turning Afghanistan into a major terrorist center or the first in history terrorist state.
If a story comes up with a “Ukrainian woman” (according to the latest data, she is a citizen of Russia and crossed the border of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan (the second safest and most guarded border in the world after the border of North and South Korea)) and joined the fishermen of the Kaldar region, who handed her over to the anti-terrorism department security department of Balkh province), one can imagine what other secrets may be revealed. Speculation and talk about the “southern front” against Russia and the traces of the United States and Ukraine will turn into simple nonsense.
Whatever it is, the Taliban are amazing creatures. It must be admitted that their lies, conspiracies, and machinations have no precedent in history. In general, their “Islamic Emirate” itself is a big lie that humanity, even history, must believe in and at the same time know that it is a lie, an Emirate of Lies. If nothing remains of the Taliban in history, their lies may perpetuate their name.
