Officials familiar with the process say that Afghanistan’s President Ghani will reject the US peace proposal, and is set to offer a counter-proposal next month in Turkey. The objectionable part was ultimately the US proposal for an interim government.
Ghani had long ruled out the idea of an interim government, presenting it as anti-democratic. Since the US pushed the plan, it was endorsed by multiple factions, both in Afghanistan and abroad.
The US saw interim government leading to free elections, but Ghani is hoping to skip that part. His proposal will reportedly be that there could be elections in Afghanistan within the next six months.
Ghani will only make the proposal, officials say, if Taliban figure Baibatullah Akhundzada attends. He is the son of the Taliban founder Mullah Omar. It is not clear why this condition was added.
Ghani’s plan still boils down to the US plan with fewer steps, though keeping his government in power for the “free election” is likely to raise eyebrows given how widely contested the votes they’ve run in the past were.
The US has been caught with its hand in the cookie jar, going for an ordained government while ever spouting jibberish about democracy, and its Afghan puppy won’t “sit” and roll over. It’s fun to watch the new amateur states-kid Blinken stumble at every turn.
Winken, Blinken, & Nod. Wake me when nap time is over.
“ISIS” has claimed responsibility for some recent events with subsequent US bombing in Afghanistan opening the way for further US presence there. That there are 7500 NATO Occupiers there has been kept under wraps.
The US puppet government wants to continue, and wants the US to pay for that and provide the military to defend it.
The funny part is how the U.S. is talking of a worldwide hegemony out the other side of its mouth as it tries to get its puppet to behave. Are these guys on drugs, or is it all HUBRIS…
Really, after the last couple of decades, how many believe in elections anyway?
“No matter who to vote for, it always seems like to get John McCain.”