Afghanistan's ugly truth

We, the women of Afghanistan, are well aware of the hardships, challenges, threats and sacrifices in our struggle. To overcome the menace of fundamentalism and establish true and secular democracy in Afghanistan, we, the people of Afghanistan, need the support of human rights defenders and freedom-loving organisations and individuals.

In a country where women are not counted as human beings and are treated worse than cattle, we believe that working for women's rights and secularism is a great and revolutionary struggle and it is because of this fact, that we call ourselves "revolutionary". A real, democratic Afghanistan based on women's rights is a real revolution in a benighted and war-torn country like Afghanistan.

The major hardships that RAWA faces are financial and security concerns as it continues its humanitarian and political activities. There is little need to speak of the importance of practical support to anti-fundamentalist movements of people especially in Central Asia the centre of the most dangerous terrorism in the world. But we are left alone in this fight.

If the enemies of democracy and peace can become united, why can't the anti-fundamentalist forces all over the world form a wide, active and powerful, unified front to make another world possible.

Thank you very much!