Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2011-04-01 15:55 Afghanistan
From the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers
Reconciliation of Civil Hearts: The ordinary voice of peace from Afghanistan
Salam, ‘aleikum! - - سلام علیکم!
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We are the youth of the mountains who do not represent any political or religious views except for those views which make us truly human, capable of acting in love and truth, in good times as well as in tragedy.
We are tired of war and we share with brothers and sisters everywhere a common aspiration to live in peace.
We face great problems indeed but we also have courage because the magnificent Afghan outdoors surrounds us and we have within us an even greater desire for creative, non-violent solutions.
We cannot remain silent to our conscience in firmly disagreeing with the current Afghan government/Taliban/US/NATO militarized approach to our country’s problems.
America is the largest arms dealer in the world and the world’s superpowers have enough nuclear war-heads to destroy this beautiful place, Afghanistan and our whole earth 10 times over. Thus, we think that neither America nor any other world power has a logical or moral right and capacity to bring us true peace.
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We want all violence and fighting to end.
We want the Taliban, all Afghan warlords including the many warlords holding power in our present government, all regional powerbrokers, and the US/NATO forces to cease their operations, and to be brought to account for the killings they each are responsible for.
We need to travel this history and this future on our own.
You need not fear. We, the youth of Afghanistan, will ask for your help again if our paths take us to un-manageable scenarios, even in open spaces as free and as quiet as this. For then, we expect nothing but what our humanity guides each of us to do, to help a brother, sister, friend or fellow human being in time of need.
Despite past betrayal, Hassan, the Hazara boy in Kite Runner wrote a letter to his Pushtoon friend Amir ,which got to Amir only after Hassan’s death. In it, we find some of our hopes too. “We dream that God will guide us to a better day. We dream that our sons will grow up to be good persons. We dream that lawla flowers will bloom in the streets of Kabul again and rubab music will play in the samovar houses and kites will fly in the blue skies. And we dream that some day you will return to Afghanistan to revisit. If you do, you’ll find an old faithful friend waiting for you. There is a way to be good again.”
We trust that the heart of peace in President Obama and in all men would help Afghanistan and the world towards true peace and reconciliation. Thank you very much or as we say in Afghanistan, یک جهان تشکر a world of thanks!
From the bottom of our hearts,
شجاع باشید! Be courageous!
خوش باشید! Be happy!
سلامت باشید! And be at peace!
The Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers
. . . on Our Journey to Smile
the rest:
http://warisacrime.org/content/afghan-youth-write-letter-please-stop-killing-us
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