Hindi English Translation || Editorial || Changed situation: On Pakistan’s frustration with the Taliban

Changed situation: On Pakistan’s frustration with the Taliban

Pakistan’s frustration (निराशा, निष्फलता) with the Taliban response to its security challenges is evident

When the Taliban captured Kabul in August 2021, then Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Afghans had “broken the shackles (हथकड़ी, बंधन, बेड़ी) of slavery (गुलामी, बंदी)”. Even while the Taliban’s victory gave some geopolitical (भूराजनीतिक) advantage to Pakistan, it also enhanced Islamabad’s security challenges. And Pakistan’s growing (बढ़ रही है, की बढ़ती) frustration with the response of the new Afghan rulers to these challenges burst into the open (cause to break open suddenly & noisily) during the weekend when Pakistani missiles (a self-propelled/rocket-propelled weapon designed to deliver a conventional/nuclear explosive warhead with great accuracy at high speed; projectile) struck inside Afghanistan, targeting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). During the American presence in Afghanistan, Pakistan had adopted a dual approach — fight the TTP, better known as the Pakistan Taliban, and support the Afghan Taliban. Its backing (समर्थन, सहायता, सहयोग, अनुमोदन) was crucial in the Afghan Taliban’s return to Kabul. But the fact that an insurgency (विद्रोह) founded by a group of Deobandi madrasa (a place (school or college) where people learn about Islam, the religion of Muslims) students forced the U.S., the world’s most powerful military, to withdraw (निकालना, छोड़ना, बाहर निकालना) from Afghanistan was a morale (हौसला, आत्मविश्वास, भावना) booster for the TTP. The Afghan Taliban and the TTP may be two organisations, but they are ideological (विचारधारा, सैद्धान्तिक) brothers — both have their roots (source, origin, reason) in Deobandi Islam, both share the same worldview (beliefs, thinking, attitude, viewpoint, outlook), and have similar objectives (उद्देश्य, इरादा, लक्ष्य) for different geographies (भूगोल, क्षेत्र). If the Afghan Taliban wanted to re-establish their Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, the TTP wants to bring down (overthrow, depose, oust, unseat, overturn, topple, cause to fall) the Pakistani state (राज्य, सरकार) and establish its Islamic rule.

Pakistan supported the Afghan Taliban for geopolitical reasons. The Generals (आम) saw the Taliban as insurance (बीमा, सुरक्षा, ढाल) against growing Indian influence (power, authority, sway, leverage, weight, standing) in a U.S.-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. But the problem with the wheel (used to refer the cycle of a particular condition (or) set of events) of jihad, which the Pakistanis helped unleash (let something go uncontrollably; cause to become uncontrolled/unrestrained) inside Afghanistan, is that it could also roll back (reverse, cancel, repeal/rescind) across the border. Both countries share a porous (not secure; insecure, vulnerable, open to attack (borders of a country)) 2,500-km land border that divides the tribal areas of the region (also a fertile (productive, high-yielding; resourceful, constructive) ground for the Taliban’s ideology (a system of belief, set of principles)). Earlier, Pakistan used to share intelligence ((military/political) information, facts, details, particulars) with the U.S. forces in Afghanistan which carried out attacks against the TTP. Now, Pakistan has to depend on the Taliban to crack down on (get tough on, take severe measures against, clamp down on) the TTP. Their relationship has also changed. If the Taliban were dependent on Pakistan for their survival during the insurgency, they are now the rulers of Afghanistan; what they need is support and recognition ((formal) acknowledgement, acceptance, admission (of a statehood)) for their regime (government). This change in approach was visible in the Taliban’s warning that they would “retaliate (hit back, counterattack, take revenge)” if Pakistan carries out more cross-border (across a border between two states/countries) strikes (attack, make an assault). None of these developments (turn of events, occurrence, happening, circumstance, incident, situation) suggests that there would be a complete breakdown (failure, collapse) in the relationship between Pakistan and the Taliban, which dates back to the Taliban’s founding (beginning, creation, origination, establishment) in the early 1990s. But the TTP factor would remain a key fault-line. The Taliban are not ready to disown (reject, abandon, renounce, deny) the TTP and they have also made it clear that they would not remain a Pakistani proxy (deputy, representative, substitute. (proxy war means war through a representative/agent)) forever. This poses fresh security and geopolitical challenges to the Pakistani establishment (the powers that be, the authorities, the system) which welcomed the Taliban’s triumph (victory, win, success) in Afghanistan just eight months ago.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.frustration (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निराशा, निष्फलता
English Meaning - disappointment, annoyance/irritation, dissatisfaction.

2.shackles (noun)

Hindi Meaning - हथकड़ी, बंधन, बेड़ी
English Meaning - restrictions, restraints, constraints, straitjacket.

3.slavery (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गुलामी, बंदी
English Meaning - captivity, bondage, enslavement.

4.geopolitical (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - भूराजनीतिक
English Meaning - relating to (the study of) the geographical factors (a country’s position on the earth, size, climate, and natural resources &, etc.) in world politics and inter-state relations.

5.growing (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - बढ़ रही है, की बढ़ती
English Meaning - increasing.

6.backing (noun)

Hindi Meaning - समर्थन, सहायता, सहयोग, अनुमोदन
English Meaning - support, help, assistance, cooperation, approval.

7.insurgency (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विद्रोह
English Meaning - uprising, revolt, rebellion.

8.withdraw (verb)

Hindi Meaning - निकालना, छोड़ना, बाहर निकालना
English Meaning - leave, pull out, retreat, pull back, disengage.

9.morale (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - हौसला, आत्मविश्वास, भावना
English Meaning - confidence, optimism, hope, spirit.

10.ideological (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - विचारधारा, सैद्धान्तिक
English Meaning - relating to a system of ideas (ideology).

11.objective (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उद्देश्य, इरादा, लक्ष्य
English Meaning - aim, intention, purpose, target.

12.geography (noun)

Hindi Meaning - भूगोल, क्षेत्र
English Meaning - region, territory.

13.state (noun)

Hindi Meaning - राज्य, सरकार
English Meaning - government.

14.General (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आम
English Meaning - a commander of an army.

15.insurance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - बीमा, सुरक्षा, ढाल
English Meaning - protection, shield, shelter.

16.burst into the open (phrase)

English Meaning - cause to break open suddenly & noisily.

17.burst open (phrase)

English Meaning - to open suddenly.

18.missile (noun)

English Meaning - a self-propelled/rocket-propelled weapon designed to deliver a conventional/nuclear explosive warhead with great accuracy at high speed; projectile.

19.strike (verb)

English Meaning - attack, make an assault.

20.Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (noun)

English Meaning - it is the largest and deadliest militant umbrella organization in Pakistan the Pakistani Taliban. It is a subset of the Pakistani Taliban. Approximately half of all Pakistani Taliban factions coalesce (unite/join together) under the umbrella of the TTP.

21.madrasa (noun)

English Meaning - a place (school or college) where people learn about Islam, the religion of Muslims.

22.root (noun)

English Meaning - source, origin, reason.

23.worldview (noun)

English Meaning - beliefs, thinking, attitude, viewpoint, outlook.

24.bring down (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - overthrow, depose, oust, unseat, overturn, topple, cause to fall.

25.influence (noun)

English Meaning - power, authority, sway, leverage, weight, standing.

26.wheel (noun)

English Meaning - used to refer the cycle of a particular condition (or) set of events.

27.unleash (verb)

English Meaning - let something go uncontrollably; cause to become uncontrolled/unrestrained.

28.roll back (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - reverse, cancel, repeal/rescind.

29.porous (adjective)

English Meaning - not secure; insecure, vulnerable, open to attack (borders of a country).

30.fertile (adjective)

English Meaning - productive, high-yielding; resourceful, constructive.

31.fertile ground (noun)

English Meaning - a condition which generates/produces a lot of something (opportunities, results etc.).

32.ideology (noun)

English Meaning - a system of belief, set of principles.

33.intelligence (noun)

English Meaning - (military/political) information, facts, details, particulars.

34.carry out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - implement, execute, discharge.

35.crack down on (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - get tough on, take severe measures against, clamp down on.

36.recognition (noun)

English Meaning - (formal) acknowledgement, acceptance, admission (of a statehood).

37.regime (noun)

English Meaning - government.

38.retaliate (verb)

English Meaning - hit back, counterattack, take revenge.

39.cross-border (adjective)

English Meaning - across a border between two states/countries.

40.strike (noun)

English Meaning - attack, air strike, assault, bombing.

41.development (noun)

English Meaning - turn of events, occurrence, happening, circumstance, incident, situation.

42.breakdown (noun)

English Meaning - failure, collapse.

43.ethnic (adjective)

English Meaning - relating to a population subgroup (cultural, national, traditional/folk) with a common national or cultural tradition.

44.founding (noun)

English Meaning - beginning, creation, origination, establishment.

45.disown (verb)

English Meaning - reject, abandon, renounce, deny.

46.make clear (phrase)

English Meaning - explain, clarify, elucidate.

47.proxy (noun)

English Meaning - deputy, representative, substitute. (proxy war means war through a representative/agent).

48.pose (verb)

English Meaning - constitute, present, create, cause, give rise to (a threat or challenge or problem or danger)

49.establishment (noun)

English Meaning - the powers that be, the authorities, the system.

50.triumph (noun)

English Meaning - victory, win, success.