The Role of Political Civil Jihād after Soviet Withdrawal in Afghānistan to Establish Peace in Contemporary Situation

Abstract

Not much changed after USSR departure from Afghānistan. There remained series of civil wars between 1989–1996 and then Tālibān appeared on the scene. The scale of fighting between the Afghāns themselves even increased and so many people joined the majority. Apparently, that bloodshed benefited those who had benefited greatly from war and those who had been receiving dividends. Meanwhile, an entire Afghāns generation had come of age to whom fighting was a highly lucrative profession. Having survived for three years after the end of military assistance and support from the USSR, the Najībullah regime nevertheless ended on April 1992. It seemed that the war had ended as all Mujāhid leaders proclaimed unanimously to establish peace. But the war broke out with new vigour between the Mujāhidīn and the rivals groups. The Mujāhid leadership was totally unable to share power. The country was divided into zones where this or that Mujāhid gourd would manage the affairs. The political and territorial integrity of Afghānistan was virtually shattered. The situation among the militant groups became so horrible that the Afghānis grew utterly hopeless of establishment of peace. There had not occurred as horrible devastation in Afghānistan at the hands of Soviet Forces as it was due to war between Hizb Islāmi and Jamiat Islāmi and their allies.

Under the peace agreement between United State of America and Afghānistan on 29 February, 2020, USA will evacuate Afghānistan in fourteen months. After withdrawal, the US forces the Afghān’s political and Jihād parties need to move ahead politically and democratically learning a lesson from the political crisis created by the Post-Soviet civil war.