anjshir was the last Afghan hold to fall to the Taliban. Notwithstanding, the resistance forces still maintain that this isn’t the case. The poignant resistance put forth by Panjshir and the fighters isn’t object that has come about in recent times. Panjshir, and more importantly the Tajiks, have always wanted to hold on to their own in Afghanistan. Despite being a nonage, the Tajiks have always had a larger part to play across pivotal events marking the history of Afghanistan.
Tajikistan is the natural motherland of Tajiks and the Tajiks of Afghanistan always have an unnoticeable umbilical cord connecting them to Tajikistan. The Taliban’s preemption has once again put the limelight on central Asian countries, no more so than on Tajikistan. Given the close history the two countries participate, it’ll be really immersing to see Tajikistan’s approach towards Afghanistan in the precipitate of US/ NATO military retreat.
Post9/11, Afghanistan saw its Tajiks come to the fore of governance and thrift after the Pashtun- driven Taliban was ousted. Since either, Tajiks have played an integral part in Afghanistan’s renaissance. Now, with the new Taliban government only allocating 2 out of 33 sacerdotal posts to the Tajiks, the fear is that their fortunes will once again besidelined.As the Taliban implemented itself through terrain after terrain, thousands of Afghan warriors fled to Tajikistan in fear of being killed or captured by the Taliban. Unlike some other countries, Tajikistan didn’t forcibly transport these people back into Afghanistan.
Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmonov knows too well to keep his cards near to his trunk. Historically, the people of Tajikistan have always opposed the Taliban, but a scrap of their people are also Taliban sympathisers a several being part of the Taliban setup as well.
What the Tajikistan government, notwithstanding, did was hype some fire during the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, bestowing upon him the Order of Ismoili Somoni, Tajikistan’s upmost honour. The same was also awarded to former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. These two played a massive position in helping end the devastative civil war in Tajikistan during the 1990s.
