Senior officials of the Islamic Emirate in response to the anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan:
America's occupation was failed against the will of a nation/20 years of America's presence in the country took the lives of more than 200 thousand innocent people
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Anas Haqqani, one of the senior members of the Islamic Emirate, published an article on X channel in response to the 23rd anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan and the occupation of the country.
He added that in the 21st century, Afghans once again proved their unshakable commitment to their faith and freedom and were ready to sacrifice themselves like their ancestors.
Anas Haqqani emphasized that for 20 years, the resistance proved to America and NATO that material forces cannot break the determination of a nation.
This senior member of the Islamic Emirate added that according to this analogy, the Palestinians' one-year struggle and sacrifices showed the double standards of the world order with their iron will, firm determination and self-sacrifice that they will win.
Sohail Shaheen, head of the political office of the Islamic Emirate in Qatar, also said that 20 years of American occupation in Afghanistan did not bear any fruit for them.
He added: 23 years ago, on October 7, 2001, America and its allies attacked Afghanistan under the pretext of September 11, in which no Afghans were involved. But; Afghans rose once again and proved their mettle.
Shaheen stated: 20 years of occupation of Afghanistan, destruction, night raids and bloodshed at the hands of the aggressors did not give them victory or good name.
According to him, this is a lesson for future adventurers. Afghans can be good friends or worst enemies.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, said that the US occupation of Afghanistan was a cruel attack on Afghanistan that resulted in thousands of martyrs, wounded, imprisoned and homeless people.
The Islamic Emirate in a statement called the day a black day in the history of the country and said that the occupation caused thousands of martyrs and many economic damage to the country.
The statement also said that the people of Afghanistan and the Mujahideen reacted against the occupation and under the leadership of the Islamic Emirate, after 20 years of struggle, the occupying US was defeated and the Mujahideen won.
Asadullah Ghazanfar, a political analyst, said in response to the October 7 anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan in X: "Other reasons for the 20-year US presence in Afghanistan are in place, but they have caused us a lot of damage in the cultural and literary fields. And Islamic, our schools and mosques were bombed, our indigenous culture was distorted and local languages and literatures were threatened, which as a result, weakened our cultural identity.
Afghanistan is the longest US war in history, according to analysts. If calculated in today’s dollar value (adjusted for inflation), the war is the third most expensive and costly U.S. foreign war ever, surpassing the Iraq War and World War II.
However, the Americans have been on Afghanistan's soil for nearly 20 years and have cost them more than $2 trillion to prevent the disaster that occurred.
️Meanwhile, human casualties have been enormous: more than 3 million Afghans have been displaced and tens of thousands of Afghan security forces, military personnel and US contractors have been killed.
️According to numerous reports from international organizations, the United States has been able to kill 241,000 innocent people without any charges or guilt in its 20-year history.
Brown University, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States, has released a report on the human cost of the 20-year war in Afghanistan, saying that 241,000 Afghans have been killed in the war, including 71,344. They were civilians.
The report further states that 47 thousand 245 civilians were killed in Afghanistan and 24 thousand 99 civilians were killed in the middle of the common border between Afghanistan and Pakistan and inside Pakistani territory. Most of them were killed by US drone strikes.
It should also be added that between 66,000 and 69,000 former Afghan army and police personnel and 3,586 US troops were killed during the period.
According to the report, the US Air Force has flown nearly 70,000 passenger aircraft over Afghanistan from 2013 to 2019, dropping 27,000 guided bombs.
The casualties of the Islamic Emirate forces are estimated at 84,191, according to Brown University, and thousands more have died as a result of the ongoing war, widespread poverty and any other cause for which the United States is the main culprit.
The report ranks Afghanistan as one of the most dangerous countries for children, adding that 7,792 children have been killed and 662 injured in the past decade.
According to the report, 3,000 women have been killed and 7,000 injured in war since 2010, making 2020 the deadliest year for Afghan women in a decade with 390 women killed.
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