Afghanistan's oldest feminist group speaks out against American Occupation
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
August 28, 2003
According to a spokesman for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), the oldest feminist Afghan group, and the only Afghan group to join the worldwide antiwar movement, the US has NOT "liberated" Afghanistan:
"The people of the world should know that although the despicable and oppressive rule of the Taliban is over in our ill-fated Afghanistan, this does not mean the end to hardship for our tortured nation. It is painful to hear some Western leaders and media speak frequently about the 'liberation' of Afghanistan. Contrary to the aspirations of our people and the expectations of the world community, the Northern Alliance, these brethren-in-creed of the Taliban, are once again in power and are generously supported by the US government. In fact, by reinstalling the warlords in Afghanistan, the US is ultimately replacing one fundamentalist regime with another. The Northern Alliance is nothing but a fragile coalition of bandits with a long list of crimes and brutalities.
"The Taliban have been severely criticized as the most brutal rulers in view of their actions against women, but the media has not given much coverage to the anti-women values and atrocities of the Northern Alliance, who were the first to impose misogynistic rules on our women.
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