KABUL (Pajhwok): Political analysts say April 27, 1978 and April 28, 1992 are historic days as April 27 turned Afghanistan into the center of conflict between great powers and on April 28, 1992 the monopoly on power landed the country into trouble and isolation.
On April 27, 1978, the government of Afghanistan’s first president Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan was toppled in a bloody military coup backed by the communists.
Later the people of Afghanistan apprised against the communists, prompting the former Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan on December 24, 1979.
As a result of the resistance of the people of Afghanistan, the Soviet troops were forced to withdraw from Afghanistan on February 15, 1989. More than one million Afghans were killed and millions more forced to migrate to neighboring countries.
On April 28, 1992, the government of Dr. Najibullah was overthrown and the Mujahideen took over Kabul. But after two years, infighting between some Mujahideen factions broke out and some generals of Najib’s government also took part in these wars.
Most of Kabul was destroyed in these wars and some reports show that thousands of people were killed in the civil war.
Political affairs analyst Najibullah Jami told Pajhwok: “I believe both days are important and historic marred by Afghans’ mistakes, political weaknesses, lack of experience in government and politics and selfishness. What the Afghans had desired, they did not achieve”.
He said left-wing parties of the time overthrew Sardar Daud’s legitimate, national, Islamic system in an inhumane way and against all values and created the ground for a cruel and illegal transfer of power in Afghanistan. The communists killed the entire family of Daud Khan and thus gained political power through blood, murder and revenge.
Jami said: “Communists took governance measures in Afghanistan against Islamic values and Afghan culture. They lowered Islamic values and underestimated Afghan traditions….. Their cruel actions and policies paved the way for foreign intervention in Afghanistan and turned Afghanistan into the center of conflict between the great powers.”
He remarked: “The perpetrators of that war should not only apologize to the nation, but also explain their mistakes and the incumbent rulers must learn from it. Power monopoly and many issues that push Afghanistan on the path to isolation and instability should be avoided.”
Another political analyst Abdul Hai Qant also said the April 27 and April 28 were important and historical days, calling the April 27, 1978 the darkest day in the modern history of Afghanistan.
He said the communist coup ignited the fire of a big war for the first time in Afghanistan and gave birth to many problems and various issues that Afghans still faced in one way or another.
He added: “After the bloody coup, the communists believed they would impose the communist ideology in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, their study about Afghanistan’s history was weak. Afghans thought that their religion, culture and existence were in danger and they fought with great sincerity and pure heart against the Soviet invasion, I am not talking about jihadi leaders.”
The Soviet forces withdrew as a result of the sacrifices of the Mujahideen and the communist system ended, but the Mujahideen made a big mistake and opened another dark chapter in the history of Afghanistan.
Qant added the mujahideen spoiled the freedom gained with the blood of the people of Afghanistan and everyone wanted to rule Kabul and had been unable to create consensus, to truly interpret the dreams of Jihad and the dreams of the nation and turned the happiness of the Afghans into grief.
Former Jihadi commander in Maidan Wardak province Mullah Sandi Himmat said April 27 was a dark and cruel day for the people of Afghanistan and the beginning of misfortunes. Unfortunately, he said, April 28 also did not have good results either.
He said the communists after reaching power committed endless atrocities and mass graves found recently were clear examples of their atrocities.
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