Taliban Takeover More Than Just a Threat to Afghans
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Like IAfghanistan. was suggested in the plan of [former US] Hamas was quick to praise the group’s President Barack Obama.” takeover of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Colonel Richard Kemp, a former British AFP via Getty Images Photo: 15 August, calling it “a victory that came as commander who led troops in Afghanistan, the culmination of more than 20 years of said current developments were a refection struggle”. of the American decision to scale down its Jerusalem has chosen not to comment role as a superpower. offcially. However, many Israeli observers “Washington is eager to cut deals with agree that the speed of the coup and the radical Islamist groups in Afghanistan ensuing chaos that resulted in thousands of and Iran in the hope that they will take people desperately gathering at the capital’s care of the ultra-radicals like Al-Qaeda main airport, some dropping to their death and the Islamic State and stop them from as they hung onto departing planes, sends threatening the security of the West. But it’s a strong message to the international not going to work,” he refected. community. On the contrary, the feeling in the region That message is more pertinent for is that the collapse of the Kabul government countries who consider themselves allies of will help terror groups in their efforts to the United States (US) – that they cannot rely attack American and Israeli targets around on Washington in a military crisis. the world. Afghans crowd at the tarmac of the Kabul airport on 16 August 2021, in an effort to flee the country as the Taliban retook “We have to understand the limits of “We are concerned that radical Islamist control after 20 years the Western superpowers,” said Brigadier groups are going to use this event as a General Yossi Kuperwasser, an Israeli reason for blowing wind in their sails. They have visited Afghanistan, once spending a When we weren’t with the troops, locals the pockets of a select few, and most of the intelligence and security expert. “That’s why are going to feel emboldened, and try stint embedded with the American army as would tell us they always knew when soldiers Afghan population would be no better off we should keep saying to ourselves that we to carry out more attacks and have more part of the NATO-led International Security were coming to inspect a village and would than before. have to be able to do whatever is necessary infuence in the region.” Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in the county. inform the Taliban, who were usually family Even more ludicrous, the security in order to make sure that we can defend But there is one positive consequence. Soldiers had nicknamed ISAF “I Surrender, members. They would, in turn, lie low and companies would pay the Taliban who were ourselves by ourselves. Retired Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Afghanistan’s F###’ed”. I write this while emerge again only after the troops had left. active in certain parts of the county not to “I refer particularly to the issue that’s Major-General, Amos Yadlin believes looking at a magnet I picked up there, a So much money was being invested by attack the convoys they were protecting. I so contested – the Iranian issue. We have concerned countries might now reach the duplicate of which I gave to my editors back the international community, but so little remember local journalists telling me that to be able to take care of this problem by understanding that they must stick together home, “You sent me to Afghanistan, you of it made it to ordinary Afghans. At one the US strategy in Afghanistan made no ourselves because if the Americans are in order to be more capable of confronting bastards!” time, there were 6 000 non-governmental sense. leaving Afghanistan just because they don’t coming threats. I went on patrols with soldiers, once organisations (NGOs) registered in the “NATO doesn’t seem to know whether want to pay any price, will they take Iran on “The fall of Afghanistan could create walking through a village where children country. It was admissible for them to spend it’s fghting a war or making a peace. Real when Iran poses a critical threat?” space for Israel to strengthen defence ties came running after us. After we took a break up to 40% of their budgets on security, which development will take place only if there’s The answer for Kuperwasser is an obvious with countries who may be looking for a and I took off my helmet, on recognising I in turn was provided by more than 120 stability, which is exactly what NATO has no. And the message, he believes, extends more localised partner,” he said. was female, one of the boys came up to me international private security frms. In this demonstrated it cannot deliver for Afghans,” to Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians. What happened this week shouldn’t and asked, “Ma’am, does your husband know way, money would return to the NGO’s home one prophetically forecasted. “We have to be by ourselves and retain have come as a surprise. 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HIAS, restitution thousands of Israeli youths visited former death originally the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, wrote Poland’s president on 14 August signed into law camps in Poland annually as part of programmes on Facebook on Sunday night that it would work a bill that will restrict Holocaust restitution claims overseen by Israel’s education ministry. to help Afghans who make it to the United States by Jews and others who had property stolen by the “This propaganda, also based on hatred towards through a special programme designed to protect Nazis or Soviet-backed occupation forces during Poland, is seeping into the heads of young people people who aided the US mission there. World War II. from the early school years,” Jabłoński said. “The The law, signed by President Andrzej Duda, gives way in which these trips take place is clearly not Dylan sued for alleged sexual abuse all property restitution claims a 30-year time limit the right way. We are reviewing this matter, and we 56 years later from the alleged theft. That will effectively wipe will make appropriate out any claims from the World War II years. decisions.” Bob Dylan in 1984 Israel’s top two leaders called the law antisemitic, and the country recalled its Jewish ambassador to Warsaw. US Secretary of State humanitarian Antony Blinken, who is Jewish, voiced concern groups attempt to prior to Duda’s signing, and international aid Haitians and Holocaust restitution organisations also fumed Afghans after its passage.