Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Date: August 15, 2024
In Kabul, on August 15, 2024, Afghan civil society and human rights organizations marked the third anniversary of Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban. The participants condemned the current regime as a terrorist group responsible for the severe deterioration of the country’s human, economic, and social conditions. As a symbolic act of defiance, the attendees burned a portrait of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader.
Key Messages:
Crisis Under Taliban Rule:
The participants criticized the Taliban’s regime for its increased brutality, suppression of women and minorities, and the systemic destruction of Afghanistan’s infrastructure and governance.
Humanitarian and Educational Crisis:
They highlighted the ongoing ban on education for millions of girls, the economic collapse, and the worsening humanitarian situation, which has led to forced migration, suicides, and the recruitment of youth by extremist groups.
Global Complicity:
The gathering strongly condemned the United Nations for its Doha meeting, which was seen as legitimizing the Taliban’s inhumane actions.
Demands and Recommendations:
The attendees called on neighboring and global powers, political leaders, and intellectuals to fulfill their responsibilities by:
Supporting the Afghan people against the Taliban’s oppressive rule.
Rebuilding Afghanistan’s governance and infrastructure.
Promoting analysis and education to guide the nation out of the current crisis.
Slogans from the Event:
- Taliban: The reckless custodians of America’s advanced weaponry.
- Taliban: The foremost oppressors of defenseless people, particularly religious and ethnic minorities.
- Taliban: The enforcers of the cruelest gender apartheid in modern history.
- Taliban: Masters of exploiting religion while lacking true faith themselves.
Conclusion:
The event emphasized that the path to Afghanistan’s recovery lies in the collective efforts of its people, intellectuals, and international allies. Only through solidarity can the Afghan people regain control of their destiny and restore human rights, justice, and equality in their country.
This program was led by Afghan civil society and human rights organizations in Kabul.
