Joke of 21st century: 'Afghanistan not in crisis'!

by hussain | November 27, 2008 at 09:53 pm

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What a team of the UN Security Council has stated at the end of its three-day visit to Afghanistan could be safely called joke of the 21st century when it said there is no security crisis in the war-ravaged country that is still burning. This has been stated by the UNSC team despite the fact that the flames of a war in Afghanistan that had erupted with the invasion of erstwhile Soviet Union in 1979 have not only already engulfed the neighbouring Pakistan but are now also touching Mumbai, the commercial capital of India.

Afghanistan is not in a security crisis and disillusionment and recriminations about its situation should be avoided, a UN Security Council team said on Thursday at the end of a three-day assessment tour.

There were even reasons for “cautious optimism,” the delegation told reporters before wrapping up the visit. “There is undoubtedly a difficult security situation which is developing... but not a security crisis,” said the head of the delegation, Italian ambassador Giulio Terzi.

“We should avoid any inclination to disillusionment and frustration or even worse to mutual recriminations between Afghanistan and its friends,” he said. “Instead, this is the time for the Afghan people and for the international community to redouble efforts and to redouble the spirit of joint partnership in overcoming these difficulties.”

Terzi said there was an expectation among all involved that the international intervention would be as short as possible, but it would also have to be sustained as long as needed and requires an increased engagement.

That is righy , Afganistan is not in crisis but birth place of crisis.Terror terror every where. Why any foreign troops will sacrifice there life for there home problem.

Amit, it is ironic that this joke came from the UN Security Council team. Isn't it? The fire that crossed Amu River in 1979 has now reached as far as Mumbai and they still see no crisis in Afghanistan. Pakistan and India have been left with no other option but to join hands and work for eliminating terrorism and extremism. I think the two countries should also ask the foreign troops to quit Afghanistan so that a solution to the problem of terrorism could be found at the regional level.

Nice words , but ofonly diplomatic significance.The geo-politics of world thrives on the game of terror and fear psuchosis.Once the there is not fear there will be no such thing as Govenment.So they, means world leader , not let it happen.Several thosand rounds of talk and out put is Blast at the end.All we need is mutual understanding and vision to go beyond thousands of year of political conditioning.These political leaders create demons for there own advatage , use them and throw them.When they fight for their rights , then world leadres cry AXIS OF EVIL.

Amit, I agree with you it is politics that has already ruined the world peace. When I talked about Pakistan and India, I did not necessarily mean politicians alone but people from all walks of life as well.

Well, they basically are saying there is hope and that with more efforts the situation can be reversed and will improve. However that if we where to give up it would get worth and the real trouble would start anew. I do actually agree with them.

I did have to read the hole report though in order to understand the statement and put it in to its proper context.

Yes, hope is a good thing but this hope is against hope. It is really a joke for me being a next-door witness to the situation in Afghanistan. Seven years have already passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan but no peace. So what does this hope means? I am convinced that the way the Afghanistan imbroglio is being addressed there would be no peace in that country for another 100 years!

I understand you point of view and can agree with it, however you have to understand why they are saying this and to whom this is directed.

First they are saying this in light of the what the US and GB as well as NATO at large, are portraying and trying to sale as a no hope situation in order to be able to pull out with out loosing face. This is directed at the US and GB as well as NATO, meaning that there is no reason to pull out nor to give up and that if they would do there job properly this could be resolved.

Further they are saying that more Humanitarian aid has to come and that the People need to be taken care of in order to fix this.

This is in part Politics and they have to make sure the US wont find any excuses to pull out and run away from the mess they have created. It needs to be fixed and can be fixed, that is the essence of the report.

where and what is the solution?

The UN’s role in the country includes an election operation that is working with Afghan authorities to register voters and organize elections for 2009 and 2010. Other efforts include promoting of good governance and the rule of law, training of police, and the like. But in a land torn by violence, warlordism, drug production and intense suspicion of foreigners, these programs seem unreal and very unlikely to succeed. Until Afghanistan achieves a lasting and stable peace designed and supported by Afghanis, there can be no prospect of progress, electoral or otherwise.

This is in part what the UN is stating, further they are stating that this is not a no hope situation and that with proper efforts it can and will improve.
http://www.undp.org.af/

Further part of the problem seem to be Karzai and his Government that are being criticized by the UN Report.
Karzai says US, NATO created 'parallel' government

By FISNIK ABRASHI – 1 day ago

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai criticized the U.S. and other foreign countries for creating a "parallel government" in the countryside during a blunt overview of Afghanistan's problems before a U.N. Security Council delegation.

Afghanistan has long suffered from great power rivalry and foreign military intervention, including the bitter Anglo-Afghan wars of the nineteenth century. Beginning in 1979, the country again descended into a prolonged period of devastating conflict. A Soviet military intervention (1979-1988) took a heavy toll, as US-backed Islamic militants fought a bitter conflict against the Soviet occupiers. There followed a period of civil war and warlordism 1988-mid1990s, then rule by a government organized by the Islamic Taliban, and finally in 2001 a military intervention by the United States followed by further violence, instability and civil war.