The victory of the Mujahedeens brought hope that war would end soon and peace would return to Afghanistan. However, the hope for peace and stability was shuttered when various ethnically based factions of Mujahedeens entered Kabul by force and took control of certain parts of the capital in 1992. Transition of power from communist regime to an Islamic regime came through war as well. The Mujahedeens who fought against communists for Islamic ideology were now fighting for ethnic supremacy. After the collapse of communist regime, ethnic conflicts became the new reality in Afghanistan (Cramer and Goodhand 2002). Ethnic alliances were formed against one another.
Before the start of the civil war, most of the Mujahedeen parties rejected several attempts of a power-sharing government. Even though Ahmad Shah Masood, the legendary guerilla fighter proposed an agreement on power-sharing government among leaders of Mujahedeens before the civil war begun, yet the negotiation failed and fighting began in various parts of the country (Schmitt 2009, 254). Moreover, United Nations’ proposal for …show more content…
Dilip Hiro points out that the senior militant of the Taliban regime ruled out the idea of “unified command” for peace talks with the Northern Alliances to find a peaceful means to end the war (Hiro 1999). The Taliban continued to fight against the Northern Alliances with the help of the Al-Qaeda leadership until 2001(Rashid 2008, 27). Their regime was overthrown by the United States’ air campaigns and the Northern Alliance’s foot soldiers on the ground (Tanner 2002, 332). Taliban, like its previous predecessors came to power through the use of force, and lost power though force as well. They repeated the history of transitioning into power through the use of force in the beginning of the twenty first century in
Before the start of the civil war, most of the Mujahedeen parties rejected several attempts of a power-sharing government. Even though Ahmad Shah Masood, the legendary guerilla fighter proposed an agreement on power-sharing government among leaders of Mujahedeens before the civil war begun, yet the negotiation failed and fighting began in various parts of the country (Schmitt 2009, 254). Moreover, United Nations’ proposal for …show more content…
Dilip Hiro points out that the senior militant of the Taliban regime ruled out the idea of “unified command” for peace talks with the Northern Alliances to find a peaceful means to end the war (Hiro 1999). The Taliban continued to fight against the Northern Alliances with the help of the Al-Qaeda leadership until 2001(Rashid 2008, 27). Their regime was overthrown by the United States’ air campaigns and the Northern Alliance’s foot soldiers on the ground (Tanner 2002, 332). Taliban, like its previous predecessors came to power through the use of force, and lost power though force as well. They repeated the history of transitioning into power through the use of force in the beginning of the twenty first century in