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again the suffering people and the grief-stricken country of Afghanistan are
being subjected to imperialist invasion and occupation, this time under the
pretext of the "war against terrorism". The U.S. imperialists have
declared this a world-wide battle and intend to broadly unite the globe’s
other imperialists and reactionaries behind them. The
slogan of a "world-wide war against terrorism" is a big lie because it
is raised by the biggest terrorist power in the world. The Yankees have been
wounded in their own home and this wound, no matter who inflicted it, is
painful, not only because of the scale of the damage and casualties, but
especially because it has revealed to the masses of the world the general
weakness of the system and the fragility of the edifice of imperialist world
domination. That is why they shriek like a wounded beast and howl for bloody
vengeance. In fact, they want to display their might in the most terrifying way
and scare the people of the world so that their world-wide power and domination
is not weakened. That is why their proclaimed "world-wide war against
terrorism" will be one of the bloodiest imperialist state-terrorist
campaigns, overall and in particular for Afghanistan. Who
organised and carried out the suicide actions in New York and Washington? Osama
bin Laden and the gangs related to him have been declared suspect number one.
But who is Osama? He is a product of the CIA. For years he was an open and
obedient servant of the Yankees, and it is possible that even now he may be
linked to a section or sections of the imperialist powers. The American
imperialists themselves created, bred and trained this "great
terrorist". The gangs connected to this "great mujahedin" have
taken an active part in a series of the most terrifying and barbaric acts
against the masses of Afghanistan, with the direct and indirect consent,
encouragement and support of the American imperialists and their allies, who
have built up these gangs to use them against our people and invade our country. Who
is being targeted for the same "severe repression" as the
"terrorists" for having given them refuge? The Taliban regime tops the
list. But who are the Taliban? U.S. imperialism & Co. pulled them out of the
dark corners of mosques and religious schools to achieve their imperialist
political and economic goals in Afghanistan and the region. It was this support
that took the Taliban from begging at people’s doors to the heights of power.
During the years of their rule, these bestial terror-mongers have not shrunk
from mass murder, killing thousands of people and forcibly displacing hundreds
of thousands more under the pretext of suppressing opposition to their
reactionary rule. Without a doubt, the very essence of their politics in
relation to the masses of people, the toilers, women and oppressed
nationalities, is horror and terrorism. Their gangs, whose self-proclaimed task
is to "bring order to the good and discourage the bad", are a savage
reflection of this horror and terror. It
is clear that imperialism’s hand-picked servants are appreciated only as long
as they are useful, and when their usefulness ends or their existence becomes
bothersome for the masters, or when there are grounds to exchange them for
better servannts, they become worthless an lose the support of the masters or
are even subjected to the master’s rage. Mobuto, Suharto, Fujimori., etc., are
among those obedient imperialist lackeys who, after years of serving their
masters, lost their ability to perform their function in the face of the
struggle of the masses, became useless, and were put aside. But Noriega of
Panama, whose existence had become troublesome for the master, became a target
of attack and was not only toppled from power but arrrested and sent handcuffed
to the U.S. for "trial". It is very likely that such a fate awaits
Osama and Mullah Omar. The Taliban project in its entirety, including the
establishment of the Osama-led gangs in Afghanistan, was meant to bring about
the political stability desired by the U.S. imperialists and their allies in the
country and pave the way for their influence in central Asia. But this project
not only failed to bear fruit for the U.S. imperialists, it turned into its
opposite and became not only a barrier to their influence in central Asia, but a
nuisance for them altogether. That is why the Taliban and Osama lost U.S.
support and now face the fury of their American masters -- not because this
world-eating power is against terrorism and fright-mongering. Aren’t the U.S.
imperialists the number one supporter of Zionism and the occupying and
fright-mongering state of Israel, one of the most blood-thirsty gangs of horror,
terror, murder and plunder in the world? Why aren’t Zionism and the state of
Israel targets of U.S. imperialism’s "world-wide war against
terrorism"? It is clear that, far from being a target of the
"war", they even comprise an important section of this war camp. Further,
the slogan of "Jihad against American blasphemy" raised by the Osama
gang, and now repeated by the Taliban as well, is also a big lie and a great
hypocrisy. The masses of Afghanistan have felt with their flesh and tasted with
their lives the "fruits" and "benefits" of this "jihad
against corruption and decadence". It is crystal clear that this
"jihad" in Afghanistan against the invasion of "American
blasphemy", even if it could be turned from an empty slogan into action,
will yield no better result or fruit for the country and the people. What is
more likely is that either these hand-picked servants will in one way or another
strike a deal with their revered massters, or in the face of thei aggression and
invasion rapidly flee the field. In
this context, the desperate and gloomy condition of the reactionaries at war
with the Taliban, that is the "Islamic state of Afghanistan" [the
Northern Alliance translator], who have recently become commander-less and
"orphans", is disgusting and despicable. These lowly reactionaries
have already been eating from the feed trough of Russia and India and their
allies in the Afghanistan affair. Now they repeatedly declare that they are
willing to serve the U.S. imperialist aggressors with the hope that like
vultures they will get a piece of the corpse to eat. In
any event, there is a clear demarcation and contradiction between the interests
of the people of Afghanistan, on the one hand, and on the other not only those
of the U.S. imperialists and their imperialist and reactionary allies and the
world imperialist system in general, but also the interests of the lackeys of
the imperialists and the reactionary and dependent system. It
is the absolute right and responsibility of the people of Afghanistan to resist
the invasion and occupation of the U.S. imperialists and their allies, just as
it was to resist the invasion and occupation of the Soviet social-imperialists.
But the nature of this right and responsibility puts them into contradiction
with the imperialist lackeys, whether obedient or disobedient, including the [Taliban’s]
"Islamic Emirate". The experience of the war of resistance against
Soviet social-imperialism must be studied more deeply and applied in the present
situation. The
Communist Party of Afghanistan strongly condemns U.S. imperialism’s threats of
aggression and strongly resolves to stand against it if such an imperialist
invasion and occupation takes place, and will strive to organise and unleash the
people’s resistance under the independent revolutionary banner as part of the
world revolution. Only if this just cause becomes a material force and is
increasingly strengthened and expanded can we advance the anti-U.S. imperialist
war of resistance as a stage of People’s War and the New Democratic Revolution
in Afghanistan. A crucial condition of this cause is that
"pan-Islamism" and the present ruling reactionary
"theocracy", whether of the Taliban or non-Taliban variety, continue
to be one of the main targets of the revolutionary struggles, and that the
struggle against it be carried out in different forms. Otherwise, once again the
precious blood of the masses will be wasted and the chains of oppression and
slavery will remain intact. Down
with imperialism and reaction! Hold
high the banner of people’s resistance against imperialist aggression! Long
live revolution, long live communism!
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