Hosting US Military Bases a Hot Potato for Afghanistan's Neighbors

6 The Frontier Post Friday, June 11, 2021 Leader The Frontier Post JALIL AFRIDI Managing Editor Hosting US military bases a hot Printed and published by Mahmood Afridi at Moraka’s Printers, 27 Abdara Road, University Town, Peshawar. Peshawar Office: 091-5700095, 0300- 9009001 Peshawar Fax: 091-5703687, Post Box No. 573 potato for Afghanistan’s neighbors E-mail: [email protected] Lahore Office: 0335-4026284 ITH the pullout The US finally made the Niu Song appropriate alternative in could help the hegemonic Email: [email protected] of US troops decision to withdraw troops Afghanistan's periphery in force sustain its influence Islamabad Office: 0321-5066253 Wfrom Afghanis- after having been stuck in a tration of former US presi- indeed eyeing Tajikistan time, the expected effects on the Afghan situation, but Email: [email protected] tan, Pentagon officials are quagmire for nearly 20 dent George W. Bush to and Uzbekistan as potential of its policy of withdrawing will not contribute to ease Karachi Office: 021-32213411, 0300-8340907 making last-minutes years. It now is in a com- start a war in Afghanistan candidates for new bases. from Afghanistan will be the situation for everyday Email: [email protected] efforts to pursue basing plex and fully frustrated ps- to overthrow the Taliban However, it's hard to imag- significantly reduced. Afghans. Washington wor- “USA and Canada Toll Free Number 1-800-5905747 options with Afgha- ychological state. On the regime 20 years ago. But ine that Central Asian coun- However, a new US ries that Beijing and nistan's neighbors for one hand, Washington feels the cooperation between tries will easily allow military base on their terri- Moscow will fill the power future operations. Was- impotent to stabilize the Af- the two countries on the Washington to open bases. tory is no different from a vacuum after its troop with- hington continues to focus ghan situation; on the other, war in Afghanistan has put Currently, Central Asian hot potato - one that drawal. This only demon- on Pakistan for establish- it is unwilling to see itself the Pakistani government countries have some securi- Afghanistan's neighbors strates the US' hegemonic ing a military base in the lose control of Afghanistan under intense pressure from ty concerns. are unwilling to take over. logic. Afghan NDS, region, despite the fact after its troops' pullout. Islamic extremism. First, as the US is plan- Allowing Washington to China is practicing true that some American offi- Therefore, securing a Pakistan doesn't want to ning to completely with- operate a base can easily multilateralism by making cials believe the negotia- military base in be dragged into Afghan draw its troops from turn countries into a target efforts to promote the tions have reached an Afghanistan's neighbors affairs and draw fire upon Afghanistan, this irrespon- of the Taliban and anti-US Afghan peace process with- IS-K and impasse for now, The New has become a choice. itself anymore. Pakistani sible behavior may chal- forces throughout the in multilateral frameworks, York Times reported on Washington's purpose is to Foreign Minister Shah lenge the security of these region. The Afghan including the SCO, China- Monday. ensure it can still form a Mahmood Qureshi in May countries. Second, they Taliban has warned their Central Asia cooperation "While we have no bas- timely military deterrent ruled out the possibility of need to take into account neighbors against allowing and the China-Pakistan- Pakistan ing agreements to against Afghanistan even if any US military bases on its their relations with the US military to operate Afghanistan trilateral coop- announce, we know that its troops are withdrawn soil in the future. However, Moscow when coordinating bases on their soil. "We eration mechanism. The ECENT media reports revealed that Afghanistan's neighbors from the war-torn country. the US has not discarded its their relations with urge neighboring countries biggest strength of China's twenty-four Pakistani women along with share our desire to counter The most preferred attempts, and is still trying Washington. not to allow anyone to do methods is that relevant Rtheir forty six children are languishing in the scourge of global terror- option is for the US to oper- to persuade it. The withdrawal of the so," the Taliban said in a parties can participate on Pul-e-Charkhi jail in Kabul. These women had ism," a Defense ate a base is Pakistan. This Apart from Pakistan, US troops is, in fact, a new recent statement, adding the basis of equality, inte- been arrested by the Afghan Intelligence Department spokesperson is why Washington is mak- another obvious option for military strategy to deal that they would "not grate multilateral and bilat- was quoted as saying by ing great efforts to persuade Washington would be with the changes of the sit- remain silent in the face of eral efforts, and proactively Agency, NDS on charges of having affiliation ANI/Sputnik Monday. Islamabad to allow it to do Central Asia. US troops uation in Afghanistan. It is such heinous and provoca- promote peace talks instead with Daesh. Pakistani Diplomats from Washington will continue so. After all, Pakistan was were, after all, based in the a relatively "low-cost" way tive acts." of insisting on military Embassy of Pakistan Kabul had visited the Pul- to pursue options with part- once an important US ally region from 2001 to 2014. to maintain the US' strate- Washington's attempts to solutions. This is more con- e-Charkhi jail two weeks back and had detailed ners and allies in the region, in South Asia. It supported According to US media gic and military deterrence. establish a base in sistent with the reality and interviews with those women. Later, their cre- the spokesperson said. the decision of the adminis- reports, the Pentagon is If the US cannot find an Afghanistan's periphery needs of Afghanistan. dentials had been sent to the Ministry of Interior by Pakistan Embassy Kabul for neces- sary verification through NARDA and relevant Departments. This G7 Summit will be a time for sensible Further details revealed that out of these twenty- four ladies, six of them are from Punjab, one from Sindh, one from Balochistan and the rest of them proposals on Covid-19, and nonsensical, are mostly from Orakzai agency. Most of these women have completed their sentences, whereas few are waiting for their trails. The reports suggest virtue signalling schemes for climate change that most of these ladies are in jail because of the activities of their husbands who seem to be mostly HE political ‘great future. Pressure is being Paul A. Nuttall signalling and it would make empty pledges to and good’ will con- applied on the leaders to surely make more sense to waiting media, and then from Afghanistan and were supposedly affiliated Tvene in sunny support a waiver on intel- involved – with nations that back with interest. I wonder tackle China on this issue hop on their private aero- with ISIS. As reported, one lady accepted being a Cornwall this weekend lectual property rights on have the finance and the if there are any plans to first. I am sure many of the planes back to their respec- supporter of the Balochistan Liberation Army for the annual G7 summit vaccines and treatments for scientific capability to recoup the money spent on leaders know this already, tive capital cities. But once (BLA), a designated terrorist organization by the to address their two 'big Covid, so they can be develop their own vaccines. this green Marshall Plan; I but domestic political pres- the leaders have jetted off government of Pakistan. Two women accepted issues’: the pandemic and shared around the world. It is for the good of human- expect not. sure will ensure that they into the sunset, the people being Daesh supporters out of which one was sen- the green agenda. The Indeed, fifteen of the ity and the clue, after all, is Secondly, do these mid- agree to Johnson’s plan. of Cornwall will be left to tenced to seventeen years and the other one is still former is vital, the latter UK’s Nobel Laureates have in the name: it is a ‘Global dle and developing coun- Indeed, if you look at the pick the pieces. under trial. is riddled with flaws. called on Boris Johnson not Pandemic’. tries actually want or need leaders attending the sum- Cornwall, which is one The British Prime to block such a proposal. The other issue at the top investment in green initia- mit, many of them are of the UK’s most popular The revelation of the arrest of 24 Pakistani Minister, Boris Johnson, Moreover, former British of the agenda we are told is tives? We all want to see a under political pressure, holiday destinations, has women by Afghan Intelligence came at a crucial will host the summit, and Prime Minister Gordon climate change. The British greener world, and it may which is being applied by barely any infrastructure. time, when the both counties are witnessing tense be joined by the prime min- Brown has described the are leading the way on this make wealthy leaders glow Greens in their own coun- The trainlines are antiquat- diplomatic relations. The Afghan authorities inten- isters of Japan, Australia, situation as “a life and one and Johnson is calling with a sense of self-satis- tries. Angela Merkel, the ed and it does not have a tionally did not disclose these cases in the hope of Canada and Italy. Also in death matter”, and has for a new ‘Marshall Plan’ to faction to be doling out German chancellor, for single motorway, which no a better opportunity to punch their neighboring attendance will be the G- urged the leaders to agree fund green energy projects cash, but many green initia- example, is in coalition doubt contributed to Boris Pakistan and this was the ripe time to malign erman chancellor, the Fre- to “burden-share the in middle and developing tives result in making poor with the Social Democrat Johnson's decision to fly all Pakistan at international level.

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