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Is Ukraine Becoming Europe’s Afghanistan?

Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi 0
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The erstwhile Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan on December 24, 1979, and remained there until

February 15, 1989. In the bargain, the Soviet Union ended up losing its political identity and disintegrated
for good, perhaps because the invasion was seen as a blatant violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty.
Nearly all nations joined hands led by the US, and its allies, and supported Afghan Mujahedeen’s
resistance. Pakistan not only played a frontline state against the Soviet’s occupation of Afghanistan but
also became the training and logistics lifeline of the freedom struggle.

On the other hand, the US entered Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks, to fight Global War on Terror
(GWOT). The US entry into Afghanistan was supported and legitimised by global powers and institutions.
The US and NATO forces stayed in Afghanistan with full military presence for over 20 years and left on
August 15, 2021, only to leave the war-ravaged country again to the same government led by the Taliban,
which is still not recognised by the global community.

While the US was still looking for an excuse for its failures in Afghanistan, Russia decided to enter
Ukraine, to extend its perimeters to block NATO forces on its door steps. Russia had been calling for years
against the expansion of NATO, particularly against Ukraine joining the military alliance which is seen as a
genuine security threat by Russians. It is evident now that Ukraine was Russia’s red line.

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of Afghanistan but also became the training and logistics lifeline of the
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The Russo-Ukrainian war is now entering its third month, with large scale devastation and casualties.
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Nearly the entire western world is supporting Ukraine morally, militarily, and financially. On the other hand,
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the global economy has been hit hard due to this new war in Europe, primarily because Russia controls house in Senate today
energy supplies to several European countries. Russia remains the biggest exporter of crude oil and earns
nearly $123 billion a year. Moreover, Russia is not only a major supplier of just oil and gas, but also wheat, Court orders police record
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The US and other European partners have imposed compelling sanctions on Russia and its major
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exporting companies due to its imposed war on Ukraine. This has had serious implications on Russia’s deal with IMF: Miftah
economy and hence forced President Putin to insist on receiving Russian Rubles in exchange for its gas
exports to European countries. After initial reluctance, “most of the gas importers have already opened
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their account in rubles with Gazprom,” he told a press conference. He said that Germany’s top gas
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importer had already paid in rubles. Like Italy, Germany is a massive consumer of Russian gas,” according
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to a Bloomberg report of May 11, 2022. Another report suggests, that “a total of twenty European immediately
companies have opened accounts, with another 14 clients asking for the paperwork needed to set them
up.”
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Moreover, both Russia and Ukraine are the biggest exporters of food grain to several countries across the
globe. For instance, Egypt was the biggest importer of Ukrainian wheat last year alongside Lebanon and Pakistani-Spanish sisters’
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Pakistan. Ukraine produces about seven per cent of the world’s wheat. Ukraine also produces sunflowers,
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corn, soybeans, wheat and barley in large exportable quantities, particularly to North African countries.

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Likewise, Russia produces and exports large quantities of wheat, sugar beets, milk, potatoes, cereals, and
chicken. Moreover, several European countries entirely rely on the import of gas from Russia, including
North Macedonia, Moldova, Belarus, Norway, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fire erupts in forests of
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Briquettes ($14.5B), exporting mostly to China ($49.3B), United Kingdom ($25.3B), Netherlands ($22.5B),
Belarus ($15.8B), and Germany ($14.2B).” In 2019 Russia accounted for 41% of the EU’s natural gas
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Historically, a prolonged military campaign usually proves counterproductive for the initiator. Vietnam War Hybrid oilseed to enhance
Pak edible oil production:
for the US, the first Afghan war for the Soviets, second Afghan war for the US are ample proof of this
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argument. Russia must not lose sight of history and avoid prolonging its Ukrainian campaign before it
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Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi is the author of ‘Nuclear Deterrence and Conflict Management Between India and performance
Pakistan’ and ‘South Asia Needs Hybrid Peace.’ He is presently working as Director (Peace and Conflict
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Studies) at the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS), Islamabad, Pakistan. He can be
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The writer is the author of the book ‘Nuclear Deterrence and Conflict Management Between India and RDA inflows rise to $4.167
Pakistan’. He is presently working as the Director of the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies billion in April
(CASS)

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