North India Statesman
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News India Live, Digital Desk: Amidst the ongoing fierce war in the Middle East, a very shocking news is coming out. The dreaded Kurdish fighters, considered the ‘dead enemies’ of Iran, who are famous all over the world for their guerilla warfare, are completely silent this time. On February 28, when America and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran, there were speculations that Kurdish fighters would take advantage of this golden opportunity to create chaos inside Iran. But the reality is the opposite; Kurdish fighters are not ready to come out of their mountain caves.
Donald Trump’s changing statements and the strategy of the Kurds
A major reason behind this silence is considered to be the changing equations of international politics. Former US President Donald Trump on March 5 openly called on Kurdish fighters and said that it is high time that Kurdish forces should attack the Iranian government. But after just two days, Trump’s tone changed. He said it was not right to complicate the war further and the Kurds did not need to get involved. On the other hand, Kurdish fighters also no longer want to be used as ‘foot soldiers’ of any superpower.
Mysterious power of ‘PJAK’ hidden in caves
Kurdish fighters are accustomed to living in inaccessible mountains and tunnels. They take the help of these caves to escape from Iran’s intelligence agencies and their operatives operating in Iraq. ‘Kurdistan Free Life Party’ (PJAK) is their main organization, which claims to return to Iranian soil, but always keeps the exact number of its fighters secret. Their history has been full of oppression and conflict. Be it the Islamic Revolution of 1979 or the recent protests of 2026, Iran’s military has always taken harsh action in the Kurdish areas, which has deepened the gap of hostility between them.
Who are the Kurds and what is their glorious history?
The Kurdish people are considered to be native to Mesopotamia. A large part of today’s Syria, Iraq, Iran and Türkiye was once called Mesopotamia. Kurds are the fourth largest population in the Middle East after Arabs, Turks and Persians, numbering about 40 million. They are mainly Sunni Muslims and speak Kurdish language. However, they also have considerable religious diversity; Many Kurds also practice Yazidism, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism. Their history is linked to powerful dynasties like the Hasanaviids and Ayyubids, whose rule once extended to North Africa.
The country’s largest population without: the unfulfilled dream of independence
Türkiye has the largest population of Kurds in the world (3 million in Istanbul alone). An independent state for the Kurds was proposed after the First World War, but rejected after the Turkish War of Independence. ‘Kurdistan Empire’ was declared in 1922, but it could not last long. Even today, the Kurdish people are scattered in different parts of Syria, Iraq and Iran, but they do not have any sovereign country of their own. This is the reason why they look for the possibility of their independence in every major war, but this time they have adopted the policy of ‘wait and see’.
