Significant Events Of 2014 In Afghanistan

[Hashmat]

2014 has been an eventful year in Afghanistan.

On April 5, 2014 more than 7 million Afghans participated in Presidential elections, of which 34% were women. It is worth mentioning that this transition of power from one elected President to another in the history of Afghanistan was peaceful and democratic. On September 29, 2014 a day after Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani took office, the

Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between the United States and Afghanistan and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between NATO and Afghanistan were signed.

On December 28, 2014 the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission more than 13 years after it ousted the Taliban government for sheltering the planners of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on American cities.

Based on these three events, how do you envision 2015?

Very respectfully,

Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM

[khushal]

2014 has been an eventful year in Afghanistan.

On April 5, 2014 more than 7 million Afghans participated in Presidential elections, of which 34% were women. It is worth mentioning that this transition of power from one elected President to another in the history of Afghanistan was peaceful and democratic. On September 29, 2014 a day after Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani took office, the

Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between the United States and Afghanistan and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between NATO and Afghanistan were signed.

On December 28, 2014 the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission more than 13 years after it ousted the Taliban government for sheltering the planners of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on American cities.

Based on these three events, how do you envision 2015?

Very respectfully,

Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM

Senior Centcomm,

The reason for your failure in Iraq and Afghanistan is that you gave pashuns in Afghanistan and Sunni Arabs in Iraq a bad deal. You have repeated the mistakes of WW1 when Germany was given a bad deal. The Germans had no choice but to give rise to Hitler which lead to more violence. ISIS and the return of the Taliban are just reactions to bad policy.

[HalloIsBack]

Senior Centcomm,

The reason for your failure in Iraq and Afghanistan is that you gave pashuns in Afghanistan and Sunni Arabs in Iraq a bad deal. You have repeated the mistakes of WW1 when Germany was given a bad deal. The Germans had no choice but to give rise to Hitler which lead to more violence. ISIS and the return of the Taliban are just reactions to bad policy.

first tiem that i agree with you partly

[Yousufzai]

2014 has been an eventful year in Afghanistan.

On April 5, 2014 more than 7 million Afghans participated in Presidential elections, of which 34% were women. It is worth mentioning that this transition of power from one elected President to another in the history of Afghanistan was peaceful and democratic. On September 29, 2014 a day after Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani took office, the

Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between the United States and Afghanistan and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between NATO and Afghanistan were signed.

On December 28, 2014 the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission more than 13 years after it ousted the Taliban government for sheltering the planners of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on American cities.

Based on these three events, how do you envision 2015?

Very respectfully,

Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM

Regarding the three events you described:

1) The elections saw massive rigging and threats of violence and ethnic conflict, and both choices featured essentially the same people who destroyed Afghanistan during the '90s (Abdullah was a member of the Northern Alliance, while Ghani's VP is none other than Dostum).

2) The BSA will ensure that Washington will continue to influence Afghanistan, whether Afghans want it to or not.

3) And that last bit you mentioned is the most interesting. After 13 years of military occupation, 2014 was one of the bloodiest years in Afghanistan, and the Taliban today are stronger than they were just a few years ago. I wonder why the combat role is formally ending now. What exactly has America accomplished?

So yeah, just based on those events, I'd say life in Afghanistan will continue to be hell for ordinary Afghans in 2015. The United States will still be there, the Afghan government will remain corrupt and fragmented, and the insurgency will show no signs of losing momentum.