Ashraf Ghani once called the Mujahideen movement 'Afghanistan resistance'

As the Taliban captured Kabul and Ashraf Ghani fled the country, the ousted president’s opinion piece published in 1989 is doing rounds on social media.

Ghani, in his opinion piece, appeared in Los Angeles Times on February 15, 1989, had praised the then US president George Bush and called the Mujahideen movement ‘Afghan resistance’.

He wrote the US president “has a unique opportunity to define a positive agenda for the future of that country.” He termed the Mohammad Najibullah government a “puppet” of the Soviets. He also demanded Bush to “call for a referendum under the auspices of the United Nations” for establishing a freely chosen government.

The US is now widely criticised for ‘funding and training’ the Taliban terrorists.

Former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had admitted when she was serving as the Secretary of State that the US “had helped to create the problem we are now facing.”

“When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, we had the brilliant idea that we will come to Pakistan and create a force Mujahideen equip them with stinger missiles and everything else to go after the Soviets inside Afghanistan. And we were successful. Soviets left Afghanistan. And then we said: great, goodbye [to Afghanistan]. Leaving these trained people who were fanatical in Afghanistan and Pakistan well-armed, we didn’t really recognise. Now if we look back, the people who are fighting today, we were supporting in the fight against the Soviets.”

Mohammad Najibullah was the president of the Republic of Afghanistan and the leader of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), which ruled the country from 1986 to 1992. He resigned in April 1992, after the Mujahideen took over Kabul and established the Islamic State of Afghanistan. The PDPA was a Marxist-Leninist party. It captured power through a military, the Saur Revolution, which ousted the government of Daoud Khan. Daoud was succeeded by Nur Taraki.

The Soviet Union backed the Afghanistan government and fought the war against the Mujahideen in 1980s.

Najibullah was captured by the Mujahideen and murdered.

The left ideologues are sharing the stories of the Najibullah era of Afghanistan. The photos they share on social media in which Afghan women walking freely on the streets of the country are said to be from the time of Najibullah rule.

The US, under the leadership of Bush Junior, again entered Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks. It led to the fall of the 10-year-long rule of Taliban.

Ashraf Ghani was an academician before entering politics. He has served as the Chancellor of Kabul University. He won the presidential election in 2014.