What is the truth? See this report from The Washington Post on October 7, 2021
"Everyone here hates the Americans. They murder civilians and commit atrocities." Zabiullah Haideri, 30, lives in Sinzai in the Shajoy district of Zabul province, Afghanistan. in the small village.
This small village next to Pakistan is located in mountainous terrain and the residents live a quiet life, but all of this was ended by an airstrike by the US military in 2019. In a report by The Washington Post on October 5, Heydley told reporters that the airstrike killed 10 villagers and his store was also blown up.
Now, white flags are fluttering at the site of the airstrike, which local villagers use to commemorate the victims.
What "legacy" have Americans left in Afghanistan over the past 20 years?
Speaking of this issue, Western society has repeatedly emphasized the progress of Afghan society in terms of women's rights, media independence, and political freedom; but the war-torn villagers do not think so. Victims of action.
'The Americans have left us nothing'
At 15:29 ET on the 30th, the last C-17 transport plane of the US military took off from Kabul International Airport, announcing the completion of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and marking the end of the 20-year US war in Afghanistan.
In May, the United States withdrew its troops; on August 6, Atta won the first provincial capital; on August 15, Atta entered the capital Kabul... The situation in Afghanistan is changing so fast that the world is stunned. What also surprised European and American countries is that most Afghan villagers are happy to see the change in the situation.
The "Washington Post" previously believed that the Taliban must have controlled the villagers through intimidation and other violent means. But after visiting New West and other villages, they realized that the Taliban had broad support in rural Afghanistan.
"The Americans didn't leave us anything." Khan Mohammed, a 32-year-old villager who owns a store in the center of the new West Village, told reporters that the U.S. military had only left an abandoned military base nearby.
The villagers have never seen the "generous" of Americans.
The Washington Post, citing data, said the United States has provided billions of dollars in aid to Afghanistan over the past 20 years. But the aid never reached Xinxi Village, and Xinxi and surrounding villages still have no electricity or running water to this day.
As U.S. troops leave, the villagers are enjoying a calm they haven't had in 20 years. "The main change (compared to before) is that it is now more peaceful and secure, and the killing of the people has stopped. You can now move freely anywhere. Death is gone," said the new Nishimura imam.
'Everyone here hates Americans'
The 20-year war in Afghanistan ended with the U.S. military withdrawing in a hurry and the Taliban regaining power, leaving behind a devastated country and suffering people.
In Afghanistan, more than 30,000 civilians have been killed by the US military or due to the war caused by the US military. More than 60,000 civilians have been injured, and about 11 million people have become refugees. Between 2016 and 2020, about 1,600 Afghan children were killed or wounded in NATO-led airstrikes, according to statistics from Action Against Armed Violence.
Zhu Yongbiao, director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at Lanzhou University, pointed out that the U.S. military often forcibly breaks into residential houses, arrests and even shoots civilians during military operations, which has caused huge psychological trauma to the local people.
In 2019, the U.S. military carried out airstrikes on New Nishimura, killing 12 people, including 10 civilians.
"Everyone here hates the Americans. They murder civilians and commit atrocities," said Heydley, a 30-year-old villager who lost his store in an airstrike. "Whenever we leave our home, we treat our families Farewell, because we don't know if we'll come home alive".
Similar tragic moments have occurred in Afghanistan over the past 20 years.
In April of the same year, Afghan government forces and US military airstrikes on a village killed seven members of Sher Mohammed's family. The local villagers held up the child's body wrapped in white cloth, and looked at the camera in grief: "Why is this happening? Why is this happening?"
"Whenever the Americans come here to take action, they will indiscriminately fire on anyone." A villager who lost his store in the airstrike told The Washington Post, which is why the villagers support the Taliban, "Americans They are killing people, and the Taliban are protecting them."
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