Liberal Demokratic Party of Afghanistan
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info@afghanistan-jamhuriat.com

Total members: 117.524 (26 June 2017)

 

 

 

My country is in trouble!

 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

As President Hamid Karsai’s 13-year term of office ended in September 2014, the Afghan people expected his successor, President Ashraf Ghani, to ensure peace and stability in the country as well as to put an end to widespread corruption and chaos.

 

Yet since the assumption of power by the government of President Ashraf Ghani the situation in Afghanistan has not improved, but on the contrary deteriorated considerably. The poverty and suffering of the Afghan people has increased. Opium growing and drug trafficking is still practiced. There is no functioning judiciary as well as taxation and administrative systems. Half of the tax revenue flows into the private pockets of corrupt potentates.

 

In the meantime, the war in Afghanistan has been going on for 36 years. Up to now the government of Ashraf Ghani has not succeeded in bringing about peace and leading the country towards stability.

 

In particular, Afghan women suffer most of all. In practice there is actually no equality between women and men. Women’s rights are still disregarded. There can be no talk of democracy and freedom.

 

Warlords, drug barons and radicals are also involved in power in the government of President Ashraf Ghani. Administrative positions are usually filled by corrupt individuals.

 

President Ashraf Ghani still has no significant influence in Kabul or Afghanistan. In the towns and villages of Afghanistan, the Afghan state does not govern, but the warlords and local rulers have the say. In every town there are criminal organisations and large gangs which make life difficult for people. The government is unable to ensure order.

 

The Taliban still have not been defeated yet. Every day they carry out attacks everywhere in Afghanistan. The government is unable to prevent this and to protect the population. The poorest of the poor must suffer under these conditions. As a result, there is an increasing danger that the radical Taliban - and with them the terrorists - are obtaining great popularity and appropriate support. The influence of these extremely dangerous groups is getting greater from day to day.

 

Afghanistan’s economy has hit rock bottom since the assumption of power by President Ashraf Ghani. Young people in Afghanistan suffer from high unemployment, lack of prospects and lacking security. That is why some of these people see themselves compelled to seek refuge in the world’s safe countries. In the process, they often lost their life due to dangers while fleeing.

 

The government of Ashraf Ghani has also failed in other areas, among them environmental protection, infrastructure, relief efforts for refugees who have returned and so on.

 

The chances for the democratisation and pacification of Afghanistan are still good, particularly if the West provides money as well a political and economic know-how. But bear in mind that these objectives cannot be implemented with the corrupt government of Ashraf Ghani. The Afghan people have long since lost trust in the government.

 

If President Ashraf Ghani remains in office, he will squander your money, your time and endanger the life of your sons and daughters who are serving in Afghanistan. The life of Afghan soldiers is also imperilled. 

 

Help Afghanistan to obtain democracy and freedom, law and order and therefore stability. Exert your influence wherever you can. Remind your politicians and demand clarification as to where Western money is flowing.

 

President Ashraf Ghani’s immediate resignation would be the best thing for Afghanistan under consideration of the situation described above.

 

 

Hayattullah Maiwand
1. Chairman of the FDPA