Agencies Battlefield Afghanistan Converted into Terrorists Heaven

By Zaheerul Hassan
Landlocked Afghanistan with the area or 652,864 KM (251,072 miles) since ages is titled as warriors land because many world renowned conquerors like Alexander the Great, Mongols, Mughals, Persians emperors and Genghis Khan passed through it and attacked India. Afghanistan being a buffer precinct between Central Asian States (EX-Soviet Union), Britain India, enjoying strategically vital position since 1878-80 and even now also. However, passerby invaders including present superpowers to meet their objectives, cashed Afghan territory and ruining culturally richest inhabitants of Afghanistan since last few decades. As a result, its population of 36-50 million is facing continuous hardships specially, one of the biggest human crisis due to Russian invasion from December 1979 to February 1989 and NATO-American collaborated actions aftermath of 9/11.
Further adding, from 1947 to till now, super powers along with regional players through their world famous Intelligence agencies, CIA, KGB, ISI, RAW, Iranian Intelligence agency (Ministry of Intelligence and Security, (MOIS)) and MOSSAD, established their basis and fought their Intelligence battle either individually or jointly against each other. For attaining their objectives, mentioned Intelligence tentacles recruited, trained, equipped and armed jobless Afghans and locals of neighbouring border belt countries. American and her allies though remained successful in pushing back and disintegrating Soviet Union but they abandoned without consolidating success achieveda, which resulted into devastating society, total destabilization and anarchy in Afghanistan.
Jobless Afghan Mujahedeen grouped, regrouped and shaped themselves into terrorists organizations such as ISIL, Al-Qaida, the Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jaish ul-Adl, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Majeed Brigade. These terrorists groups based in Afghanistan and tribal belts continue to pose a serious threat to regional and global security. Even, former CIA product, Osama bin Laden, part of Al-Qaida proven to be a mastermind behind 9/11, continuously resisted Global war against terrorism till his killing by US Navy Team Seal on May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad Pakistan. However, after departure of NATO-US allied forces, Taliban came into power but failed in habilitating situation and bringing stability in Afghanistan.
In short, out of two daggers drawn super powers, one collapsed and other super power twice withdrew her troops and left Afghanistan as ungoverned land. US led NATO troops left behind worth $7 Billion dollars military arms and equipment before saying goodbye to Kabul. In this connection, President Trump while addressing to joint session of congress very clearly acknowledged that his predecessor Joe Biden’s Afghan policy at the time of leaving Afghanistan was totally mismanagement and misplanning.
Notwithstanding, its neighbouring regional countries in particular Pakistan underwent TTP launched terrible terrorism and suffered more than 83000 losses of lives and 35 trillion Rupees just from 2001- 2022 according to NACTA (National Counter Terrorism Authority ). From 1979 to 2024, due to said invasions 3.3-5 million Afghan refugees migrated to Pakistan. Afghan and local terrorist groups started operating hands in gloves with BLA against Pakistan. United Nations also confirmed the Afghan government involvement in terrorism. The report reveals Afghan Taliban continue to provide logistical support, operational space, and financial assistance to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), contributing to a rise in terrorist attacks in neighbouring Pakistan.
In last month of March, 73 personals of security forces embraced Shahadat while fighting against TTP and BLA militancy in western provinces of Pakistan. The major terrorist activity noticed when BLA sponsored militants hostage Jaffer Express and killed 21 innocent passengers on 11 March 25. The clear cut Indian backing was proved when just start of attack as per plan, Indian media aired fake videos, provided space to BLA representative and officially started celebrating the hostage of the train and killing of innocent passengers and even did not condemn killing of innocent passengers. On the other hand in recently false flag Pahalgam episode Pakistan condemned the killing of innocent tourists and offered proper investigations against Indian allegations over Pakistan involvement in said attack. The world rejected Indian stance of involving Islamabad in Pahalgam attack and asked India to tone down the situation, that brought two nuclear powesr at the verge of war .
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated that Jaffar Express clearance operation, launched a day earlier after the train’s unprecedented hijacking in Balochistan, was complete. He added that all terrorists, 33 in total, at the site of the attack had been killed. Again on 12 April 25, Recently, BLA terrorists also killed 8 innocent Punjabi labour who were employed in motor workshop located in Iranian area of Sistan adjacent to Pakistani province Balochistan. On April 30, while addressing a press conference that India is doing state terrorism in Pakistan. In this connection, he exposed conversation between serving Indian Major and Mr. Majeed terrorist was arrested near in Jhelum city beforewho operated in
The UN Security Council report of Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, clearly stated the strength of TTP in Afghanistan and confirmed that more than 600 attacks were recorded in 2024 that include cross-border assaults launched from Afghan territory. In 2025, TTP and BLA in collaboration with RAW and Afghan Security Agency carried out 29 attacks about 96 security and civilian individuals martyred, 139 injured and terrorists 110 killed in KPK and Baluchistan.
Renowned, American newspaper Washington Post in its 14 April 2025 publication, stated that US-origin M16 rifles, PVS-14 night-vision devices, and thermal optics, originally supplied to Afghan forces were used while attacking Jaffer express by the militants. These weapons and devices are now in the possession of militant groups including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and being used in cross-border attacks targeting Pakistan.
Pakistan, time and again raised the issue with UNO for pressurizing Afghan government and India to stop financing and supporting TTP and BLA but no positive indication has yet been noticed till now. To extinguish fire and bring peace and stability , it is imperative for regional, international players to sit down under UN umbrella and devise mechanism for to end on going terrorism, withdraw US left over arms and equipment from terrorists and markets, evict terrorists training camps and militants hideouts. If they become successful in executing mentioned steps then automatically, the same will help in elevating life of poorer people , improving educational, health facilities and progressing economic conditions through speedy developing of infrastructures ,
The author is a veteran, and a columnist from Pakistan, who writes on international relations and experts on security issues. He can be approached through zameer36@gmail.com