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In the past 5 days, civilian casualities in Kabul, civilian casualities in Ningarhar, & possibly more. Also military casualities every day. The cost of this war is high & it is paid by the poor & civilians. No wonder there is such overwhelming desire for an end to violence
However, there is a lot of uncertainty about d future. While possibility of peace leads to hope, the uncertainty also feeds the worst fears.Will we arrive at peace, will it be continued choas or worse, will it be reduced but continued conflict & compromised rights & space?
As an Afg citizen, every day, I have to choose hope over fear to go on. To leave the house, to continue working, to raise a child, to believe something better is possible for us all. But will the process & d outcome, respond to our biggest hopes or represent our biggest fears?
Should youth who want to live like their counterparts in the region & the world fear or hope? Women who want to live full, dignified lives? Journalists? Artists? Little girls & boys dreaming to make art, shine in sports or science?
Wanting a dignified peace is the right of all Afghans. That means working from a place of hope, for all sides. A dignified & lasting peace can be build on empathy, trust & respect 4 all, not resentment, fear, marginalization & tyranny. Not with silencing dissenting voices.
You can’t have sustainable peace in absense of women’s human rights, or tolerance, or addressing grievance. You can have something. It will not be peace. We must work for a lasting peace, even if it seems far from possible. Afgs deserve nothing less after decades of war & loss.
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