British Embassy Letter Exposing British Meddling in Afghanistan

[ Commentary - Matt Kennard] 

Interesting declassified letter from UK embassy in Kabul in 1980 saying opposition to the progressive reforms of Soviet-backed govt in Afghanistan (such as land reform removing landlord control, banning dowry payments) had caused most trouble for Afghan govt, before adding...

that it "serves our [British] interests to play up the Islamic nature of the opposition" because "the picture of Islamic freedom fighters is much more acceptable to world opinion than that of stubborn reactionaries determined to maintain a system of feudal antiquity".

The CIA, MI6, Pakistan's ISI, then generated their own jihadist insurgency through Operation Cyclone which trained, armed, provided intelligence to Islamic extremists ('Mujahideen') from all over region, including Bin Laden, bringing them to Afghanistan to fight the govt.

"In the twilight of the Cold War, the United States spent millions of dollars to supply Afghan schoolchildren with textbooks filled with violent images and militant Islamic teachings, part of covert attempts to spur resistance to the Soviet occupation."

Interesting Article on Afghanistan:

Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy (2020)

Abby Martin covers the whole truth about the Afghanistan War, from the CIA construct of the 80's through today's senseless stalemate. Two decades, three administrations, tens of thousands of lives; it's time to #EndTheForeverWar. 

https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/afghanistan-war-exposed-an-imperial-conspiracy/