US, NATO allies back to square one in Af after 20 yrs war on terrorism

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is back to square one in Afghanistan. They ended their journey in a war-torn nation from where they began 20-years ago.

The US and its NATO allies raided Afghanistan in October 2001 to overthrow the Taliban, considered as "war on terror", spent billions but the end resulted in the formation of the Taliban's "Islamic Emirate" in Afghanistan.

As per International Forum for Rights and Security (IFFRAS), said that this unending conflict in what is termed as the 'Graveyard of Empires' has left the Taliban relentless and unscathed thanks to persistent Pakistan support for more than 20 years. It is important to understand that Pakistan, which harboured terrorist groups like the Haqqani Network, Quetta Shura, and the Al Qaeda leadership, was never fully accepted by the US and its allies. On its part, NATO also played being oblivious to many details while allying with Pakistan given the decades of dealing with radicalism which bred a lot of negativity, says IFFRAS.

For the states involved, it is an existential question to determine whether this exercise worth billions of dollars was actually worth it.

Building terror bases within Afghanistan again will be an easy task with the Taliban in control as camps of groups like the LeT, JeM is reportedly in the process of being shifted to Afghanistan from Pakistan to avoid the FATF Blacklist, reported IFFRAS. Moreover, the NATO-backed Government and all other institutions built over the last 20 years have been completely routed and the Taliban have categorically announced women's rights to be within the sphere of the Sharia.