Amid Taliban aggression, Afghanistan people launch social media campaign against Pakistan

They called on the international community to stop Pakistan for its negative interference in Afghan affairs. The campaign refers to Pakistan with a Hashtag of “SanctionPakistan”, “Stop Proxy War”, “Stop Supporting” terrorist groups. It has been used by social media users for more than 70,000 in Facebook and Twitter, reports Afghanistan Times.

According to reports, several Afghan government politicians and famous figures even joined the campaign against Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Shuja Jamal, head of international affairs at Afghanistan’s National Security Council, has alleged that the Taliban have received men, weapons, and explosives but also direction from Pakistan.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, he said: "It is very well documented and it is not just an accusation from the Afghan government; you speak to the UN Security Council, their analytical and sanctions monitoring team puts out reports periodically, you speak to independent experts, you also speak to regional countries, the United States."

"I think everybody believes [this is the reality]. I think this is a figure from the 2014 US Defense Department: of the many explosive devices that were used to killed American soldiers in Afghanistan, 80 percent of them used ammonium nitrate which is fertiliser but also a precursor for explosives that were produced in two Pakistani factories," Jamal said.

He said:  "But you are right that customs plays an important part of the Taliban’s ability to regenerate, but it is not the only thing. The other thing is that the Taliban is involved in transboundary, transnational organised crime in the cultivation, production and smuggling of narcotics into Iran but also through Central Asia and to Russia and Europe."

He said: "They’re also able to extort money from people and truck drivers who drive commercial goods across the country so that is really what’s feeding the Taliban. The revenue from the borders, although alarming, is really only a small fraction thus far of their revenue to feed the war."

Journalist Habib Khan tweeted: "Everyday, the war in Afghanistan takes the lives of many innocent Afghans. The root-cause of this conflict is Pakistan. The country seeks to invade Afghanistan, install a proxy state and use Afghanistan as a backyard for all the dirty work."

Afghanistan Parliament Member Mariam Solaimankhil said: "The Taliban only raises the Pakistani flag with their own. How much more proof do you need?@USAmbKabul @USEmbassyKabul@US4AfghanPeace#SanctionPakistan."

Historian Bahar Jalali posted: "Afghanistan's survival as a sovereign state is a much higher priority right now than pointing to the failures of the Afghan government regardless of how much it contributed to the current crisis. Focus on the bigger evil--Pakistan's support for Taliban. #SanctionPakistan." Meanwhile, Afghanistan star cricketer Rashid Khan urged world leaders not to leave his nation in 'chaos'.

"Dear World Leaders! My country is in chaos,thousand of innocent people, including children & women, get martyred everyday, houses & properties being destructed.Thousand families displaced..Don’t leave us in chaos. Stop killing Afghans & destroying Afghaniatan. We want peace.," he said. #SanctionPakistan