Lessons of the Jalalabad battle for the period after the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan in 2014

Az 1989-es dzsalálábádi csata tanulságai Afganisztánban a nemzetközi erők 2014-es kivonulását követő időszakra nézve

Abstract

In spring of 1989 the battle of Jalalabad was the first open attack of Al-Qaeda and radicals of political Islam on a secular state. If the conclusions of this battle had been analyzed in time with its high importance, the events of September 11, 2001 could have avoided with a great possibility. In spring of 1989 the armed forces of Afghanistan were characterized by continuity and experience of half century over different regimes. Regardless ideological differences they were all committed to secular values with strong patriotism. That continuity was broken in
1992. After 9/11 2001 the Afghan armed forces were reorganized from zero. Regarding the post-2014 situation, even a proxy war is not excluded due to acceleration of regional dynamics
in spite of the fact that the Afghan resistance actually has no military capacities, but popular support is on their side.