PESHAWAR-The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) while denouncing the United Nations sanctions against Afghanistan, stated that it could amplify the agony of our misery-stricken people.
Through its communiqué issued here on Sunday RAWA states, "To penalise Taliban for their refusal to hand over Osama Bin Laden for their trial, UN Security Council has approved the imposition of arms embargo and economic sanctions. Such sanctions also aimed to persuade Taliban to show flexibility in their attitude. These sanctions will not have the slightest impact on Taliban but will empower them to lay out further ignorance-inspired and fascistic rules and restrictions which would amplify the agony of our misery-stricken people."
The RAWA believed that UN sanctions will be the weak force against Taliban as they have already equipped them with a flabby fundamentalist ideology by which they can sustain their power.
"The UN is incapable of applying any clause of the said sanctions on the Taliban because of the Pakistan-Afghan border through which ammunition and arms are flowing.
This cannot be controlled by scribbling statements and Pakistan would never detach itself from its stooges."
Similarly, it resented exclusion of the Northern Alliance of the Rabbani-Masud who are equally responsible with the Taliban for the on-going devastation of the country but are free to be fuelled with the arms by any source ."
About impacts of such sanctions, the RAWA viewed that it will exacerbate the plight of our crushed people who were entirely dependent on foreign NGOs and would exempt Taliban of their responsibilities. It will also harm image of the UNO amongst the Afghans.
It states that the leading reason behind the sanctions is the issue of Osama Bin Laden and his hand over to the International Court.
Majority of our people know well that the whole drama is played out by the US because Osama's arrest is not difficult than Orzalan and Noreiga.
The US cannot openly declare its support to the Taliban because of world pressure and therefore they sponsor the Taliban through Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, as it will save her from being stamped by the world as sponsor of world terrorist regime. And the US, knowingly or unknowingly wants to give the Taliban an international status and Osama who once was the blue-eyed boy of the CIA now has turned to an international personality.
Concluding its communiqué, RAWA views, "ridiculously the US and Russia, once bitter enemies, now stand in the same front against Mullah Omer, an ignorant man neither whose identity is known nor have the capability to control even a village."