An Afghan activist representing a Kabul-based human rights organization has a harsh message for the U.S. and its allies. “Afghanistan is a free country, but only for rapists,” said “Zoya,” who uses a pseudonym and won’t be videotaped or photographed.
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“It’s free for the drug lords who have made the country the largest producer of opium, for the warlords to commit any kind of crime without the least concern, and for foreign troops to kill our civilians.” “Zoya” spoke on behalf of the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) on a panel that examined the escalating conflicts in Afghanistan as the U.S. enters its eighth year of intervention. She was joined at the Graduate Center event by Nation columnist Jeremy Scahill, Bill Fletcher, Jr., executive editor of The Black Commentator, and Adaner Usmani of Action for Progressive Pakistan (APP).
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