Malalai Joya, June 14, 2021
I extend my utmost regards and thanks to Vrede for giving me the opportunity to deliver my massage on behalf of the suffering people of Afghanistan into “No to NATO ” demonstration.
Dear friends, Afghanistan is in a very critical time. From one end, Covid_19 is awfully impacting the life of our people but from another end, after two decades of war, destruction and Massacre of hundreds of thousands of Afghan civilians, the US administration signed a “Peace Agreement” with the Taliban. “Peace” which the white house is talking about is just a big lie to deceive the US public and people of the world. This brutal war is far from over because a sinister dealing with a savage terrorist group armed and supported by foreign intelligence agencies will never bring peace. I strongly believe peace without justice is meaningless.
Dear friends, all of you heard Joe Biden’s announcement about pulling out his troops from Afghanistan by September. I hope the occupiers leave Afghanistan as soon as possible. I have repeatedly called for the foreign occupiers to leave our country. No nation can give liberation to another nation.
In the past 20 years, the US has killed around one million Afghan people, directly or indirectly. It has dropped the mother of all bombs, used cluster bombs and white phosphorus, created a mafia and corrupted the economy. It has polluted our environment and made the country the drug capital of the world. Unfortunately, NATO followed in the footsteps of US.
If the US/NATO leave Afghanistan, the backbone of all the terrorist brands of Jihadi, Taliban and ISIS will break. I hope they will take their terrorist brands with them when they leave.
There is No Doubt that in the short term, the withdraw of the foreign occupiers may lead to some security and economic problems but in the long run, it is the interests of our people that they leave.
The absence of the US military will mean that Afghanistan will not be considered a threat to countries in the region such as China, Iran, Pakistan, India and Russia and it will stop them from meddling in our internal affairs as each of these countries have their own puppets in Afghanistan for their strategic interests.
The current arm race among big powers and their proxy wars in Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Yemen, Ukraine, Sudan, Libya etc. triggers the danger of a 3rd world war which will have unimaginable catastrophes for the earth. The big powers led by the pentagon are investing on terrorist and medieval groups such as Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Boko Haram etc. for advancing their strategic interests, but their acts of terror are not confined to poor people of above-mentioned nations but expanding to the cities of western countries as we witnessed many such coward acts in European cities over the past few years.
Stopping the savage war and brutalities and establishment of lasting peace is the moral responsibility of every conscious citizen of the world. So, it is time to work for a new and better world of justice.
We want all occupying countries to withdraw from Afghanistan but the suffering of the Afghan people still need solidarity from justice loving and progressive movements, individuals, parties and activists around the world.
long live freedom, democracy, international solidarity, peace and social justice
Monday June 14th: Voices for Peace – you !!! can protest against NATO