the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan:
Battle of Morale versus Weapon
Zil Hajj 23, 1432 A.H, Sunday, November 20, 2011
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
My friend (Mr. Ahmad Islam Jar) narrates
this story referring to his aunt that in the Hazar Juft area
of Helmand province, the Americans entered our house with a
trained detective dog. They were fully armed with guns,
pistols and hand grenades. No sooner did our own dog see the
rival dog, he dashed him to the ground. The American tried
their best to set their dog free but in vain. At last they
killed the local dog and saved their one.
After that the American stood under a mulberry tree in great
embarrassment. By chance at the same time two cats attacked
each other after a long and frightful verbal dispute and
fell over the invading soldiers. It increased their
bewilderment.
In the meantime another soldier entered the chaff store
room. A hen was there in a niche to hatch the eggs. The
soldier was surprised to see the hen enraged. The soldier
came near the hen slowly to see why it is not leaving the
place and what is hidden under it. At last the hen was
enraged, attacked the soldier and injured his forehead with
its pointed beak. When the other Americans saw the
bloodstained forehead of their comrade, they stopped the
house search and left the house prating loudly.
A few months earlier in the capital city of this province
Lashkarghah, a wonderful incident took place. An aged Afghan
farmer was gossiping with two adults. They saw a British
soldier who had remained behind because of fatigue or
laziness. He was alone but fully equipped. When he came
near, the Afghan farmer cried loudly, ‘Mine! Mine!’ The
soldier lost his senses and fell down. The aged Afghan
rushed towards him and kneed him in the abdomen. The two
young Afghans, who were observing until that time also
rushed towards the soldier and untied his knife. Then they
removed his pistol, vest and other equipment. They locked
him into a room. When his colleagues reached their base,
they found one person missing.
By chance, the prime minister of that captive soldier, David
Cameron had also come to visit the capital city of Helmand
province, Lashkarghah. After some time the British troops
started aerial and ground search operation for their missing
partner. The Afghan farmer sensing the delicacy of the
occasion; killed the soldier and threw his body in the
nearby fields.
In the first incident you noticed that a soldier fully
equipped with arms and ammunition, neither ambushed by
Mujahideen nor any mine explosion, are frightened by small
creatures like cats and hens.
In the second incident, we see that an empty handed Afghan
farmer brought down fully armed soldier to the ground. These
kinds of incidents show some of the vital facts that the so
called intellectuals cannot see and observe. And even if
they see it, they do not admit it either because of the
enmity or because of the arrogance. Even in the beginning
some of the analysts said that to confront the American
super power by a few poorly armed Mujahideen is nothing more
than throwing oneself into destruction. But the later
incidents and developments have shown that if a nation
refuses to submit against tyranny, no one can compel them by
force. And that history has shown that most of the time, a
small group having high morale and creed while striving for
a sacred and just cause can change a super power (i.e.
America and NATO) into cipher power. Need not to go too far;
if one analyzes the present day battle of truth and
falsehood in Afghanistan, it becomes quite clear that time
after time, morale and spirituality has proven to be far
more powerful than any weapon or material power of the
world.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan