۱۳۸۹ خرداد ۱۷, دوشنبه

Ethnic cleansing in Afghanistan



On May 15 in Afghan Province Behsood kuchi armed with RPG-7, machine guns and other modern weapons, have invaded the territory, destroying homes, looting and killing men, women and children. they are now arrived Nahoor and Qarabagh,provinces intended to do the same end. The Kochi nomads are ethnic Pashtoon; they were formed in 1880 by the King Abdul Rahman Khan, who massacred 62% of the population making a real ethnic cleansing. He also issued a decree by which the Kochis were authorized to possess weapons and to invade the lands inhabited by Hazaras whenever they wanted. According to the strategy of Abdul Rahman Khan in fact, this would push the Hazara’s population to abandon Afghanistan permanently. Although Article 14 of the current Afghan constitution strictly prohibits the nomadic life style as an element of ethnic conflict, the Kochis life style still exist and today the Kochis are hired by the organization of the Taliban. Secretly filmed a short video by the security forces clearly shows a vehicle with a white flag, symbol of the Taliban that is a clear evidence for this fact. Organized as a well - equipped army, Kochis shall pass through army-controlled areas of Afghanistan and international forces without any obstacle. These facts, however, are not new.



Since 2002, every spring the Kochis head to the lands inhabited by Hazaras to plunder and exterminate the local population. However this year we are facing a new phenomenon: the fatigue and anger of the people. Following this latest attack, there were protests not only in Afghanistan but also in Australia, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Canada and now also in Italy. Afghan president Karzai and international forces did not intervene and American embassy in Afghanistan defines these events as a "dispute between the Kuchi and Hazara population". However, it appears unquestionable the fact that the systematic murder of unarmed people and the expropriation of their lands can not quite be called a "dispute". Wishing been more honest it could call these events with their name: genocide and ethnic cleansing. . If the duty of every journalist is to spread information and inform, in that period we have witnessed a sort of negligence by news agencies and national and international media. For nine years the Afghan Population was bombed, for nine years , almost three thousand soldiers of the international forces have been killed and then the conference held in London on 28/01/2010 called for dialogue with the “moderate Taliban”. To enhance the dialogue with "moderate Taliban", the countries involved in the peace keeping mission in Afghanistan have poured 183 million.