Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Invites Iran to Afghan Talks Table

August 29, 2009

Barack Obama President of the United States,

Dear Sir,

Afghanistan’s peace is one of the most important issues in the present time, because of the ongoing bloodshed and the war expenses which are over four billion dollars in the country. President Barack Obama stated that the war in Afghanistan was the matter of necessity not the matter of choice. In contrast the war in Afghanistan is the matter of choice not the matter of necessity. The US invasion is the fundamental cause of the widespread violence, the ongoing bloodshed and insecurity in the Afghan country. Afghanistan was one of the most peaceful countries in the world before the USSR and USA invasions. Afghan people are fighting for their freedom and independence just as they did against the former Soviet’s invasion in the 1980’s. Afghanistan has very important geopolitical location and was invaded by many empires. All former empires failed to occupy the country. Invasion is unacceptable in Afghan culture for the reasons set forth as follows:

Freedom is an integral part of the Afghan culture. The Afghan people are one of the most freedom-loving nations in the world. For this reason it is extremely hard for foreigners to occupy Afghanistan.

As a historic facts, the British Empire invaded Afghanistan in 19th century for specific geopolitical objectives. The Afghan people defeated the British Empire in all three Anglo-Afghan Wars. During the invasion, the British empire installed a pro-British Shah Shoja government in Kabul in 1839. The last Anglo-Afghan War happened in 1919, in which the British troops were defeated for the third time and Afghanistan got full independence from the invaders. In its peak, the British Empire occupied one quarter of the world, but did not succeed in occupying Afghanistan. The priceless Kooh-i-Noor Diamond now in the Tower of London belongs to Afghanistan, but was robbed by the British Empire during the third Anglo-Afghan War.

The USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979, for two specific geopolitical objectives, and installed a pro-Russian Babrak Karmal government in Kabul. The USSR claimed that they are fighting in Afghanistan against extremist mujahideen, and the American Imperialism in order to make a democratic government in Kabul. In total of 620,000 Soviet troops with sophisticated weapons had fought in Afghanistan for almost ten years. Eventually the USSR was defeated and the last Soviet soldier withdraw from Afghanistan in 1989. Freedom does not come free. It was estimated that 1.5 million Afghans were killed during the decade-long Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980’s. As a result of the Soviet catastrophic defeat in Afghanistan, the USSR Empire collapsed and disintegrated. Multiple Soviet-occupied countries were liberated including the current nine members of NATO; Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia. These nine members of NATO are currently helping the USA in occupying Afghanistan. These nine countries would have never been freed, if the Afghan people did not defeat the former USSR in its entirety.

The USA invaded Afghanistan in 2001 for three specific geopolitical objectives. The USA disrespected Afghanistan’s sovereignty and invaded the country under the political rhetoric of War on Terror. Afghan people do not differentiate between the former Soviet’s occupation in the 1980’s, and the current American occupation in 2001.

Afghanistan was not convicted in the court of law to be guilty of 9/11. The 9/11 attacks were carried out by Arab hijackers, majority from Saudi Arabia. There was not a single Afghan who was involved in September 11 attacks in the USA.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 11 that:

(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.

(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

In contrast to the UDHR Article 11, the USA committed massive Human Rights abuses in Afghanistan, specifically in Bagram prison in Kabul, similarly as they did in Abogrib prison in Iraq. The horrific pictures of the immoral Human Rights abuses committed by US troops at Abogrib Prison in Iraq were seen by the entire world. Based on undeniable evidence, in one instance the US and its allies collectively burned 2000 captured Afghans to death in Northern Afghanistan during the invasion in 2001. The USA dropped 10,000 bombs in the period of one month in 2001 to occupy Afghanistan. The USA and UK invaded Afghanistan on false pretense of War on Terror. The USA and UK not only invaded Afghanistan under the political rhetoric of War on Terror, but also invaded the oil-rich Iraq on false pretense of WMD.

Prior to invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the Bush administration spent seventy million dollars in bribery given to the Northern Alliance warlords to collaborate in occupation of Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance Warlords including Hamid Karzai and Abdulla Abdullah betrayed Afghanistan’s sovereignty and collaborated with the USA to invade Afghanistan in exchange for the bribe and other political interests.

After the invasion, the US made a pro-American Karzai government in Kabul which is made from the Northern Alliance collaborators. The US and its allies have been spending too much money on elections in Afghanistan in order to justify the pro-American Karzai government. Afghan people believe that elections in occupied Afghanistan is just a political maneuver to legitimatize Afghanistan’s occupation. For this reason the majority (80-85%) of Afghan people rejected the current election, and only 15-20% of Afghan people participated.

There is no chance for patriotic Afghans to win the election, because they are considered controversial and suspicious figures by the invaders. Afghanistan’s president is chosen by the USA. As a matter of fact among the 36 presidential candidates, the unpopular Karzai or the notorious Abdullah Abdullah will win the election for the reasons that they have a lot in common. Karzai and Abdullah were both part of the Northern Alliance warlords who were involved in collaborating with the USA to occupy Afghanistan in 2001. During the current election, both Karzai andAbdullah were the only two candidates who were involved in stealing votes, massive fraud, intimidation of voters, stuffing votes, and corruption during the election process under the watch of US, UN, EU, and numerous observers.

For this reason the fraudulent election can not change anything on the ground. In the Afghanistan’s history, Shahshoja, Babrak Karmal and Hamid Karzai are the most notorious rulers of Afghanistan. Interestingly, the British-installed Shah Shoja in 1839, and Hamid Karzai are from the same tribe in Kandahar.

The present widespread violence against the US and its allies forces in Afghanistan means that Afghanistan people are fighting for their freedom just as they did against the former USSR and the British invasions in the past. Regardless of the political slogans, there is no difference between the Soviet-installed Babrak Karmal regime in 1980’s, and the current US-installed Hamid Karzai regime in Kabul.

As a matter of fact, during the foreign invasions, the majority Pashtun Afghans play pivotal rule in freedom and independence. Pashtun Afghans make over 60 percent of the Afghanistan’s population. Pashtun Afghans are called the King maker and King breaker ethnicity of Afghanistan. The British empire was defeated by Pashtun Afghans in all three Anglo-Afghan wars. In the 1980’s, of the seven Afghan mujahideen resistance parties headquartered in Peshawar, Pakistan during the Soviet invasion, six of the seven parties were predominantly Pashtun Afghans, while Robbani-Masoud’s Radical Jamie-e Islamie party was predominantly Tajik Afghans. During the present US-led invasion in 2001, the armed resistance in Afghanistan is almost entirely Pashtuns.

The USA and UK are political societies, but Afghanistan is a Muslim country and has a specific culture. Islam is the religion of morals and principals and teaches peace and kindness to its 1.7 billion Muslims in the world. However Islam teaches peace, it allows Muslims to defend themselves against oppression and foreign aggression. Islam prohibits not only terrorism which is the use of murder, arson, kidnapping, etc to reach political objectives, but also prohibits all kinds of killing and brutality in its entirety.

Terrorism should not be confused with self defense which is a universally legitimate act. Fighting against foreign invasions is a legitimate struggle. People have the right to fight for their freedom and sovereignty against foreign invasions. Afghanistan people have legitimate rights to fight for their freedom against the foreign invaders in Afghanistan, just as they did against the former Soviet Union and British Empire in the past. Afghan people are fighting for their freedom against occupying forces in their own country which is a legitimate act. There is no place for terrorism in the noble culture of Afghanistan. Terrorism is purely a political rhetoric used by the invaders to justify the invasion of Afghanistan.

The political word of terrorism was used even during the last presidential campaign in the USA. Sara Palin accused Barrack Obama that he had a link with domestic terrorism.

In conclusion, The USA and its allies should not repeat the history. All foreign invaders failed to occupy Afghanistan. It would be better for the USA and its allies to end the occupation, stop the brutal bloodshed and respect Afghanistan’s sovereignty and independence.

For peace and stability, if intervention is needed in Afghanistan, then intervention of Muslim countries are more effective and more acceptable to Afghan people than the NATO countries, because NATO countries are culturally, religiously, racially and historically different than Afghan people and considered aliens in Afghanistan.

Non-political aid is appreciated in Afghanistan. Afghan people do not need political help from the foreign invaders whose hands are stained with blood of tens of thousands of Afghan people.

For the foregoing, the war in Afghanistan is the matter of choice in order to achieve geopolitical objectives, not the matter of necessity and peace can only be achieved by ending the occupation.

Sincerely,

Akhtar Qassimyar, M.D.

This letter will be forwarded to the US Senate Foreign Relation committee, White House, NATO headquarters, members of NATO countries and other relevant authorities.

Akhtar Qassimyar,M.D. of CA 8:26PM August 30, 2009