By: Shahab Mayar
In the intricate dance of power, alliances are often forged on the anvil of shared goals or mutual interests. Such is the case with the seditious elements of Daesh and the Front of Evil and Corruption (NRF), who share several common causes and interests.
At the heart of their twisted union lies the phantom of Khorasan, a province they have constructed in their imagination, devoid of any real existence on the ground. These groups are not anchored in the concrete world but rather in the ethereal realm of delusion and irrational thought. Historically, Khorasan was a vast region extending from beyond the Oxus River to Bukhara, Afghanistan, and the banks of the Indus, all under the aegis of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad
Yet, why do these zealots rise solely in Afghanistan under the banner of Khorasan? The historical Khorasan encompassed Iran, Tajikistan, and Pakistan as well. The question is, why don’t they rise in Iran? Why do they not challenge the status quo in Tajikistan? Why do they not gather in Pakistan? Why is it only Afghanistan where they seek to resurrect this mythical Khorasan?
This is the query that reveals their true and hidden motives behind this scheme. The war they wage is but a veneer for the strategic ambitions of Western intelligence agencies and regional powers.
These groups are mere puppets, dancing on the strings of avaricious Western and regional interests, integral to a broader strategy of geopolitical depth:
1. Regional powers find the lack of stable governance to be advantageous
2. They seek to obliterate vital infrastructure—such as the Kamal Khan, Salma, and Farah dams—crippling our water resources.
3. They aim to maintain their monopoly in the region.
4. They seek to control our production lines and ports.
5. They envision a decentralized web of proxy groups, thrusting Afghanistan into the chaos of anarchy and the horrors of warlordism.
What, then, is the essence of this strategy of depth?
1. They desire to wield control over militant groups in the region, using them as pawns to threaten China, Iran, Russia, and the Central Asian republics.
2. They covet Afghanistan’s rich resources—its lithium, Panjshir’s emeralds, and Badakhshan’s rubies—exploiting our mineral wealth to fund their guerrilla armies and curb their regional adversaries.
3. The West seeks to transpose its wars far beyond its own borders, ensuring its battles are fought on distant soil.
In light of all this, it’s obvious that these groups are proxies for foreign intelligence agencies, and they serve as pawns in a grand and shared plan. They wage wars, sometimes in the name of religion, and at other times, cloak their violence in the mantle of culture and civilization.
In the religious arena, Daesh fighters are present, whereas in the cultural sphere, the Front of Evil and Corruption (NRF) operates. The Daesh-Khawārij are provided with propaganda material by Hizb ut-Tahrir, all part of a larger scheme to unleash a catastrophic fitna upon this Muslim land.
It is imperative that the faithful and patriotic sons of this nation set aside their minor squabbles and unite in the defense of their Islamic and national interests, so that this grand conspiracy can be thwarted.
