In the multidimensional problems of the materialistic world Afghanistan was one of the targeted countries by the materialists. The conflict of Afghanistan is multidimensional problem in the central Asia reflecting the Palestine in Middle East. Afghan, with traditional values and ethnic system of simplicity and religious hold of Islam. In the history of the humanity, traditionalism is always in the parallel battle of modernity. Before the Tajik civil war, Afghanistan was in the cyclic process of the traditional structured office of the ‘Da pukhtonistan’.
The civil war given the opportunity to the opportunists with the prosperity of the materialism, In the factor usage, of extremism and narcotics to the declaration of international terrorism hub, with the insecurity, Afghanistan was facing many problems. The process of stability and votailty lead the afghan traditional system to modernity. The civil war of the 1992-1997 simply proven that a system can be simply overtaken by the modernity. In 2001 due to the disturbance, the interim government took place.
London conference brought Bonn agreement with the interim government, and Loyal Jirga system, and new laws, ethnic and gender equality, including four afghan groups except Taliban. Insurgency and constitutional review, with the international human rights law and corporations. Zhair shah the king of the afghan traditional system, jirga system, constitution and other ethnic rules and regulations were the main pillars of the king’s thrown. The new change was in need of new leaders who can simply lead where it wants to take them, after Rabbani the first presidential candidate of the democratic government the master minds were in the search of the personality who can resemble the king Zhair Shah; ultimately they found the Hamid karzi with dual personality.
Hamid Karzi was first elected president of the Afghanistan interim government 2001-2014. In the parallel human race the government was in the parallel race of the traditional government but the emergency loyal jirga given another opportunity to the opportunists with the approval of constitutional change of the main constitutions 1923, 1931, 1964, 1974. After the constitutional change all favored parliamentary government. These major changes suppressed the traditional system and king Zhair Shah struggle for the justice system in the materialistic world.
In the evolutionary process with the revolutionary gains the United States of America formed a force titled with ISAF under the NATO joint rapid force policy to start insurgency in Afghanistan with the major military changes , the war policy diverted all the youth and citizen from the political policy with another kind of problems. The Karzi’s government taken the political stage with the major changes of development, defense and diplomacy. The socio-economic changes with regional economic development given opportunity to the citizens to question; Why all the major changes are regional rather than international changes as the main diplomatic policy of the afghan is to resolve the border and insurgency issue?
The questioning almost taken the political stage but the defender, GDP growth, claimed the opportunity and regained the political stage. Nonlethal goods via Central Asia was one of the main factor which was paying role in the GDP growth. In the diplomatic development relation the London conference of the 2006 given the opportunity to the Iraq and Syria politicians to pay attention on the afghan war to understand the political philosophy of the progressive Political thought. These all Political possibility and probability, given chance of new trigger for the political boosting in regional politics to the new shining star if the United States of America, Donald Trump. To exaggerate the Bush and Obama administration.
Trump played a main role in the withdrawal of the troops and other insurgency sandstorm although all these changes developed the trump administration before entrance to the White House. The new indirect Political development in the structured office of the United States almost turned the table on the story of Afghanistan. The taxation and other economics gains were mainly used in the military insurgency in Afghanistan, investments, the tobacco and other goods. These all top secrets of the political philosophy brought trump inside the White House, to play as new player in the whole Bush and Obama administration.
Nonetheless, the story remains incomplete, from bullets to Jet fuels all the things very transported via Central Asia. In the race of materlistism this transportation attracted the Central Asian main players to pay attention here for the material gains with major stock market holders of the energy sector, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan with the relativistic high growth from 2008 to 2016, at the Da Afghan Breshana Sherkat (DABS). The regional transmission also played a vital role in the other international cooperation projects.
As the China is player of bipolar world so they tried to pay attention here too, with the new project entitled, Central Asia regional economic cooperation program (CAREC), the main investor were china, Georgia, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and six international development institutions, European bank of construction and development, international monetary fund, Islamic development Bank, United Nation development program. Name of the first regional project is CASA-1000, first 1000MW to Pakistan and 300 MW to Afghanistan.
The project postponed to 2016 due to the political and technical difficulties. Due to this man made technical issue brought another regional projects under the same regional developmental project, Official Development Assistance, Economic Assistance, Transport Solution and Hydrocarbon Projects although after all these development the international investor take interest in the Afghanistan, Kazakhstan Entrepreneurs invested a miserly 0.3million (USD) between 2005-2018.
The pipe dream Dushanbe sold 50M$ a worth of electricity to Kabul which accounted for 78 percent of its total exports to Afghanistan. In addition, the Seed technology, livestock, veterinarian control in Northern provinces, tourism and the railways free economics zones. Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) railway project, the bulk of these all financing was to attract the international donors for the afghan reconstruction.
Ultimately, in 2015 the withdrawal of the reconstruction policy due to the security concerns, these all projects were remain the same as nowadays in the Afghanistan, although the final declaration ended in the investment project of energy and transportation only.
After all, another story shaped in the shape of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline (TAPI), the 1735 kilometers long pipe line with the 33billion cubic meters (bcm) gas to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India. This project was supported with the new investors, United states, United kingdom, The Gulf countries, European Union and likely seen the Russia as subcontractor.
These all projects don’t reflect the sustainability of the Central Asia but the manmade hub of the economic growth by the United States which shapes almost the one third of the Afghan GDP, Global stocks and international trade. Missing; the collective action of the Central Asia sold the Afghanistan in the international stock market with the master minds holders, playing with whole central Asian hegemony through Afghanistan stocks in the international stock market prices. The whole hegemonic story reflects that in the bipolar world the United States is the main investor in the Afghanistan and the Russia and China is supporting them Political.
The financing of the Afghan still remains in the hands of the United States, but not on the front stage politics which have diverted all the story in the other way with the new perceptions provided with religious support to paly with the audience psychological hegemony. The counter terrisiom, counter narcotics, disaster management, education, feminia and regional infrastructure still remain the main obstacle to the Afghanistan Taliban government, which is a man made obstacle to the diplomatic development and relation.
Pakistan and Iran the leverage capacity politician in this whole story to support them in the backstage politics for the sake of the hegemonic masculinity. Nonetheless, the Afghanistan is still under the United States and will never achieve the global hegemony.
In conclusion, Afghanistan’s journey reflects a multidimensional struggle between traditionalism and modernity, exacerbated by external interventions. The conflict, deeply rooted in Central Asia, parallels the Palestinian issue in the Middle East, with Afghanistan’s traditional values clashing with the forces of materialism. International players, particularly the United States, have played a pivotal role in shaping Afghanistan’s political and economic landscape.
Despite numerous development projects and regional cooperation initiatives, Afghanistan remains entangled in a web of external influences. The country’s future continues to be shaped by geopolitical interests, with the United States maintaining a dominant role, while regional powers like Pakistan and Iran contribute to the backstage politics. Afghanistan, still under significant U.S. influence, faces ongoing challenges in achieving true global autonomy and stability.
Afghanistan stands as a geopolitical crossroads where traditional values intersect with modern global forces. From civil wars and U.S.-led interventions to regional development projects like CASA-1000 and the TAPI gas pipeline, Afghanistan's path reveals a story of external influence and internal struggle. The U.S. remains the primary force shaping its economic and political narrative, while China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran play supporting roles. Despite various development efforts, Afghanistan continues to grapple with instability and dependency, caught in a power play that limits its autonomy.
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