Why Zalmay Khalilzad visited Afghanistan?

 

Combination of two countries China & Israel. China is obvious competitor and is rapidly consolidating her position in Afghanistan, so no surprise there. But what does Israel have to do with it? If it was not for the courageous struggle of Hamas, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan would have recognized Israel by now. The bold action of Hamas threw a spanner in that project. But Israel has not abandoned the project at all and is working at all fronts to achieve her objective. The recent visit of about 10 Pakistanis to Israel is a proof of intention of Pakistani ruling elite ( https://english.aaj.tv/news/330407835/pakistani-delegations-secret-visit-to-israel-claims-israeli-newspaper). For the last several months, our ruling elite links almost every terrorist attack in Pakistan with Afghanistan and claims that American weapons were used in those attacks. The idea is to build the case that American weapons should be taken back from Afghanistan, by force if needed. Senator Irfan Siddiqui of PML-N has been propagating this line of thinking for quite a while now. Our ruling elite thought that this will get them the support of Trump because he wants those weapons back ( https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/afghanistan-trump-taliban-military-weapons/). If there is a convergence of objective in this case then the question arises as to why did Zalmay Khalilzad not bother to consult or take any Pakistani official with him when he went to Afghanistan? Afterall Pakistan was deeply involved when Trump was negotiating withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.

My analysis is that the America really doesn’t care about her weapons in Afghanistan. The real reason for this blatant snub of Pakistani ruling elite is to isolate and humiliate them to a point that when Trump asks them to recognize Israel they won’t hesitate. Americans know that Imran Khan won’t do it because he has public support and can stand on his own two legs, whereas the current ruling elite has no public support whatsoever. Trump is perfectly happy with Imran Khan in jail. IK serves as bogyman for our ruling elite and Trump knows that. He will turn the democracy switch on if our ruling elite hesitates in recognizing Israel. Since they don’t have any public standing, they will immediately comply. So, this visit by Zalmay Khalilzad was basically to give a shock to our ruling elite and prepare them for the actual demand which is recognition of Israel.