[Women's groups have been protesting the brutal treatment of women in Afghanistan who have been confined often to their homes, despite being widows from the terrible wars there, who have been denied the rights to medical care or to work to support
themselves, even as desperately needed professionals.
These women and hundreds of thousands of children are at risk pawns in any games that we play with Afghanistan and must be given priority consideration in anything we do there. This statement passed on by
Penney Kome. Ed Kent]
Press Release: Terrorists Attack on American People
We at Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA) strongly condemn the vicious terrorists attack on the innocent American people. We send our sympathy and prayers to the victims and their
families.
The tragedy that has hit the innocent American people is deeply felt by the suffering people of Afghanistan.
The people of Afghanistan have been tortured,
terrorized and massacred on a daily base by the international terrorists such as Osama Ben Laden, his followers, the Taliban, the Pakistani ISI, the Pakistani religious extremist groups and other foreign
extremists. Hundreds of thousands of innocent Afghan people have lost their lives at the hands of these brutal criminals. The people of the United States, the people of Afghanistan and the world community must join
together to uproot and eradicate from the world these vicious criminals who are the enemies of humanity and civilizations.
2.Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
(RAWA)
The people of Afghanistan have nothing to do with Osama and his accomplices
On September 11, 2001 the world was stunned with the horrific terrorist attacks on the United States. RAWA stands with the rest of the world in expressing our sorrow and condemnation for this barbaric act of
violence and terror. RAWA had already warned that the United States should not support the most treacherous, most criminal, most anti-democracy and anti-women Islamic fundamentalist parties because after both the
Jehadi and the Taliban have committed every possible type of heinous crimes against our people, they would feel no shame in committing such crimes against the
American people whom they consider "infidel". In order to gain and maintain their power, these barbaric criminals are ready to turn easily to any criminal force.
But unfortunately we must say that it was the
government of the United States who supported Pakistani dictator Gen. Zia-ul Haq in creating thousands of religious schools from which the germs of Taliban emerged. In the similar way, as is clear to all, Osama
Bin Laden has been the blue-eyed boy of CIA. But what is more painful is that American politicians have not drawn a lesson from their pro-fundamentalist policies
in our country and are still supporting this or that fundamentalist band or leader. In our opinion any kind of support to the fundamentalist Taliban and Jehadies
is actually trampling democratic, women's rights and human rights values.
If it is established that the suspects of the terrorist attacks are outside the US, our constant claim that fundamentalist terrorists would devour their creators, is proved once more.
The US government should consider the root cause of this terrible event, which has not been the first and will not be the last one too. The US should stop supporting Afghan terrorists and their supporters once
and for all.
Now that the Taliban and Osama are the prime suspects by the US officials after the criminal attacks, will the US subject Afghanistan to a military attack similar
to the one in 1998 and kill thousands of innocent Afghans for the crimes committed by the Taliban and Osama? Does the US think that through such attacks, with thousands of deprived, poor and innocent people of
Afghanistan as its victims, will be able to wipe out the root-cause of terrorism, or will it spread terrorism even to a larger scale?
From our point of view a vast and indiscriminate military attacks on a country that has been facing permanent disasters for more than two decades will not be a matter of pride. We don't think such an attack
would be the expression of the will of the American people.
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The US government and people should know that there is a vast difference between the poor and devastated people of Afghanistan and the terrorist Jehadi and Taliban criminals.
While we once again announce our solidarity and deep sorrow with the people of the US, we also believe that attacking Afghanistan and killing its most ruined and destitute people will not in any way decrease the grief
of the American people. We sincerely hope that the great American people could DIFFERENTIATE between the people of Afghanistan and a handful of fundamentalist
terrorists. Our hearts go out to the people of the US.
