Saur 8 marks 31st anniversary of mujahideen takeover of country

KABUL (TOLONews): 31 years ago today, on Saur 8, 1371 (April 28, 1992), the Mujahideen came to power and the government of Dr. Najibullah collapsed.
The Mujahideen included various factions and parties. “The people were not happy with (communists). Some of the communists were in power. The second reason was also that foreign countries did not want the communists to be in power,” said Sayed Akbar Agha, head of the Shura-e-Rah-e-Nijat Afghanistan.
But the victory of the Mujahideen opened a new harsh chapter in Afghanistan after each party feuded for power and sought to take it through military means.
Thousands of Afghans were killed and millions of others were forced to leave the country for neighboring countries due to severe conflicts across Afghanistan.
“The lack of unity and the conflict that began after the Saur 8 among the parties resulted in civil war,” said Sadiq Shinwari, a military veteran.
“The issue of war was obvious on their first day of winning the war and eventually after some months, an internal and destructive fight started in Kabul and bitter events happened in Afghanistan,” said Asadullah Nadim, a military analyst.
Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that the Islamic Emirate considers the Saur 7 coup a “dark day” and hails Saur 8 as a day of freedom for Afghanistan.
Mujhaid said that around 1.5 million Afghans were martyred and millions of others faced severe challenges in the fighting against the “communism regime and former Soviet Union.” “Saur 7 was a dark day in the country, which we condemn and we don’t want its repetition. Saur 8 is the day of rescue and win for Afghanistan, in which, the communist idea faced a defeat in Afghanistan,” he said. The Saur 8 was also praised by some influential political figures including former President Hamid Karzai and former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah.