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اپورا رد ناغفا نانادقوقح نمجنا ی اهما پ ی

propose an urgent meeting of these countries in regard with the current issues of
Afghanistan.

Is Afghan government capable of carrying on this historic mission?

The Achilles heel of Afghanistan is its weak national management. A “great people” who
bore the burden of the longest war of the history confront “small leaders”, leaders who

do not trust the people, and have forgotten that “the power of people is the power of
God”, leaders who are incapable of identifying the national interests and what is good for
the country; they are deeply engaged in the strife of “power” division, and division of the
armed forces of the country, in the current sensitive moment, in ethnic and factional lines.

The leaders of the national unity government, who suffer from the questionability of their

legitimacy, need to make efforts towards attaining national credibility to compensate this
shortcoming. Such a credibility can only be achieved via grasping the national interests,
and crucially defending the homeland, lives and honor of the people. Attaining this goal
will not be a mirage anymore when the deeds are based on the law, and the rule of law is
recognized as the only means of consolidation of state power.

Such a great ideal can only be materialized with the support of the people, and to achieve
the support of the people, we need to have a clear definition of the national interests and
a precise knowledge of international and regional geopolitics, devise the national security
strategy and determine how to cope with Pakistan in the light of this definition. It is only
through an active diplomacy that the Afghan government can defend the interests of
Afghanistan as a partner in international and regional levels, and to compel Pakistan to
listen to it with prudence and discretion.

Such a government shall be a competent one. It shall have a reasonable stance towards
its opponents in the form a legislative document which shall define the legal status of

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