Afghan Commentary Post

   This article is published by the Stars and Stripes The Taliban Has Declared Jihad on Women’s Rights; It’s Up to the Rest of the Free World to Save Them Women in Afghanistan are in dark days. They suffer from widespread injustices and are deprived of their rights. It is our moral obligation to stand in solidarity and come to their rescue. By Wahab Raofi   During a speech after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, Kofi Annan, then the Special Representative of the United Nations’ Secretary-General, said: “Today, in Afghanistan, a girl will be born ... But to be born a girl in today’s Afghanistan is to begin life centuries away from the prosperity that one small part of humanity has achieved. It is to live under conditions that many of us in this hall would consider inhuman.” That was more than two decades ago, but sadly, the same holds true today for girls and women in Afghanistan. As global attention remains fixed on Gaza and Ukraine, it is cru...

  Pakistan’s Mass Deportation of Afghans Fuels Instability The expulsion of immigrants might make the country even less secure. by  Wahab Raofi For many decades, Pakistan was generous toward Afghan refugees, taking in those who fled the country’s civil wars, the 1979 Soviet invasion, the U.S. incursion in 2001, and the Taliban takeover in 2021. SPONSORED CONTENT Recommended by What if diplomacy fails? Strategy game simulates political scenarios Geopolitics simulation My brother and I were among those who fled our Afghan homeland to Pakistan after the Soviet occupation. Pakistani people warmly welcomed us. We were considered “golden refugees,” a term given to those fleeing communist regimes. I was fortunate to have my refugee status approved, which allowed me to move to the United States.  Today, however, Pakistan is flooded with  3 million  Afghan refugees, and their lives are in peril. As of November 1, Pakistan began a mass deportation of illegal immigrants. T...

Pakistan’s Mass Deportation of Afghans Sends Them to Hell Expulsion of Immigrants Might Make the Country Even Less Secure By Wahab Raofi  For many decades, Pakistan was generous toward Afghan refugees, beginning with the Afghan civil war that led to the Soviet Union's invasion in the 1980s, followed by the U.S. incursion in 2001 and the Taliban takeover in 2021.  My brother and I were among those who fled our Afghan homeland to Pakistan after the Soviet occupation. Pakistani people warmly welcomed us. We were considered “golden refugees,” a term given to those fleeing communist regimes. I was fortunate to have my refugee status approved, which allowed me to move to the United States.   Today, however, Pakistan is flooded with 4.5 million refugees, and their lives are in peril because, as of Nov. 1, Pakistan began a mass-deportation of illegal immigrants. To date, over 300,000 Afghans have been banished, and more than a million others face a similar fate. The ref...