ISLAMABAD – A Turkish News Agency, Dailysabah, has reported that themeeting in Islamabad on Oct. 4 between the U.S. negotiators, led by specialenvoy Zalmay Khalilzad, and the Taliban delegation led by Mullah AbdulGhani Baradar, was an important milestone to resume the peace negotiations,which were abruptly called off by U.S. President Donald Trump, apparentlyafter the insurgent group accepted responsibility for attack earlier lastmonth that killed 12 people including one American soldier.
According to the report, was this attack the only reason behind the abruptcancellation last month of an “almost done peace deal” between the U.S. andthe Taliban? It is an undeniable fact that peace talks kept on track forthe last one year despite the Taliban continued to launch attacks on theAfghan and U.S. soldiers. The other side of the story of calling off theAfghan peace process points to Donald Trump’s covert plan with Blackwater.
Was Blackwater indeed a part of the U.S. in the post peace deal? Why wasTrump even ready to sign a deal, which the critics called a surrender deal,with the Taliban last month? And now as Trump is set to actually withdrawthe U.S. troops, he wants a ceasefire from Taliban and inclusion of theAfghan government in peace talks, the agency reported
The Taliban’s stand on the cancellation of peace talks reveals Trump’scovert plan – going side by side with peace talks – to replace Americantroops with Blackwater contractors after signing the peace agreement withthe insurgent group. It was the reason that the Taliban, during nine roundsof talks, were stuck to the point of a complete withdrawal of foreignforces from the war-battered country. As Trump’s underhand plan, prior tothe signing of a peace deal, had been exposed to the Taliban, Trump had nooption but to abruptly cancel the peace talks.
About six months ago (while the U.S.-Taliban peace talks were underway), anarticle published in Taliban’s Urdu-language monthly, Shariah magazinetitled, “Blackwater ki Afghanistan mein mutwaqqa aamad” (“The expectedarrival of Blackwater in Afghanistan”), revealed the Blackwater plan totake on war in Afghanistan.
The Taliban had identified 2,000 specially trained personnel who wereworking undercover in Afghanistan. Taliban’s sources alleged that the U.S.called off peace talks after the last month’s Taliban attack in Kunduz andthe Camp Integrity in the Green Village near Kabul. At least 30 Blackwatermercenaries were killed, including Shafiqullah, the person in charge of thecamp.
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Camp Integrity, located near Kabul International Airport, has been home toBlackwater’s Afghanistan operations since 2009. The Sept. 2 attack by theTaliban targeted the Green Village compound, which houses severalinternational organizations and guesthouses.
The attack killed at least 16 people and wounded 100 more, as reported byThe Associated Press. It was the attack, Taliban sources claimed, on theBlackwater base that forced Trump to abruptly cancel the peace talks, asthe attack on the camp had exposed the real plan of the U.S.
After signing the peace deal with the Taliban, the Trump administrationwanted to hand over the control of Afghanistan into the hands of themerchants of death – Blackwater. The U.S. would draw down its troops andreplace them with 3,000 to 5,000 mercenaries. – Afghanistan Times
