Lessons to learn from Afghanistan

We all know what is happening in Afghanistan. How a beautiful country with rich natural resources and rich civilization has been destroyed since removal of the institution of monarchy! How foreigners entered into Afghanistan and gave birth to the terrorist forces and the conservative religious group; how the foreign powers developed grounds for military intervention in Afghanistan, we all are aware. How the Westerners supported government and army were spoiled from rampant corruption; how the conservative religious group took over the power; how the sitting President flee away to the foreign country by making refugees to the Afghan people, we have become the eyewitnesses. If we go through the latest political history of our own country, the same scenarios that had taken place in Afghanistan are being repeated here.

Since 1989 political change, the nation considered to be the Zone of Peace had started to move towards the path of destruction. The 2006 April uprising based on the 12-point agreement openly invited foreign intervention by adopting the Indo-West agendas. Against the people's wish, the institution of monarchy was removed, the Hindu status of the nation was removed and expensive federalism was introduced along with plantation of the seed of conflict.

Nothing is hidden to us as the Christian population has been increased in a surprising number, a recent report prepared by the authorities in the Supreme Court has pointed out the involvement of controversial INGOs in the Court; the Auditor General’s report has explained the economic anomalies taking place in the country; political leaders are dancing to the foreigners’ tune. The worrisome thing is that like in Afghanistan, Nepal has also become the playground for foreigners having different interests. The playground may turn into a battlefield if we, the Nepalis become ready to be used by the foreigners and become ready to fight against each other in foreigners’ interests.

The nation is running without a foreign policy and without a security policy, that we are not saying but the senior diplomats and bureaucrats have informed us. We thus believe, the nation is running without any policy but running under the instruction of foreigners’ wishes through their people in the government.

The entire Nepali population know that Jayasingh Dhami, a Nepali youth, lost his life when the Indian border security force personnel untied the knot of a Tuin cable from which the former was crossing the Mahakali River. The government has already received the field report from the team constituted by it. Due to the fear of their Indian bosses, the Home Minister and also the Prime Minister are unable to make public the report. They are trying to dismiss the issue by providing one million rupees as compensation to Dhami’s family.

When leaders become corrupt and weak, when leaders want to please their foreign bosses, when leaders become a foreign puppet, we people will have to suffer. We have two alternates, either to accept the present leadership and spend a humiliating life being a Nepali or to stand against those foreign puppet leaders, foreigners imposed political system and introduce a sustainable political system suitable for us.

By the way, I have wished to abstract the following pathetic story appeared in social media network describing the plight of the Afghan people who have become refugees in their own motherland. Let the Nepalis take a lesson from Afghanistan:

“Your dream house, dream car, dream life, bank balance, the business shall all turn to dust if your nation does not stand; your assets are valueless if your country has no assets; you can become a refugee in minutes if your leaders sell you off and flee away.” “Moral of the story: Build your nation; choose strong leadership; instead of looking for freebies from leaders and voting for those who bring you free goods choose a leader who will stand to protect you; remember, your country is your family and you need a father who teaches you to grow and beats you to go to school; don’t choose a leader who comes for a season with gifts bought by the money saved in your own piggy bank.”

PR PRadhan

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