Feeling like a bird in a cage

Sometimes the situation of life forces the human beings to bend down against the harshness in the world and dance according the music that life plays for them.

In such a situation, you would be forced to do things that you may have never imagined of doing one day but in reality you face them and are now forced to do.
These things could be anything that is told to you or you are directed towards.

These frustrating things in front of you, all together puts you in a cage of unwillingness, in a jail of suffocation as if you are tied up with chains and your freedom is taken from you without knowing who and how has taken your freedom from you.
There is no a certain point to blame or to point out that has put you in a kind of jail and there is no one responsible for it.

Having done a repeated thing on an every day basis for a long time if so, you may already be a bit tired of such kind of life, then you would say to yourself; “What a life?! Today, tomorrow, every day, Eeh! The same repeated boring thing!”

It would be boring when you are not able to do what you want, what you are made for and for what you have energy, enthusiasm and ability. It is more intolerable especially when you know that you are able to do, and you are made for.

Even if you wake up in the mornings opening your eyes with the chatter of the singing birds around you, and open the windows of your room with a nice panorama in the greenery, but have to put down all your ambitions and desires aside, because you are not given chance to achieve them, instead do the same repeated boring thing that is imposed on you.

Like when a bird is in a cage, it doesn’t matter what the cage is made of; it could be metal or wooden, it could be of iron, wood or gold but it is still a cage and definitely a prison.

In the morning, you wake up and quickly get prepared for what you are forced to do, you get out of your cage for a defined time and then when it gets dark you go back to your cage and sleep, you do not have time to think, to explore, to see the world and to share your thoughts with the others and then finally no time for being yourself!

The days go and let the nights come after and then nights leave the ground for the next days and this way, you are lost within the friendship game of day and night which are playing hide and seek with each other and never reach to each other but in the middle your time is wasted.

Days go and nights come and nights pass and days come again, and then once when you really wake up, you feel like “oh, my god! It is too late! My life and my youth just passed without doing anything special, without being able to do things for the others”, “I must have done something”, on the other hand you have worked, you have worked very hard, as hard as you could, you remember that you worked for long hours, you worked until late at night and have always had pain on your body, you were always tired, sweated during the day and sleepy early in the evening, but still you feel like you did nothing, except just for a few Euros.

You feel like you were consumed, and you passed your life purposeless without utilizing your energy in a right direction, to be more useful to do things that you were supposed to do, that you were committed to do and were strongly determined to do, but you were not let to do and you feel like you were …..

On the way from the cage to the time wasting mandatory, every morning you see the old man sweeping off the leaves as they fall from the trees, and then they fall off the trees again and again, and this way, he is busy the whole day sweeping the falling leaves in the autumn. And every day from his facial impression you clearly read his internal feelings, and feel sympathy with him as you see he does not seem to be happy for what he is doing. May be seeing the falling leaves in the autumn he reminds the autumn of his life and compares it with his own life, or perhaps you make mistake, he may enjoy seeing a lot of leaves falling off the trees in the autumn for which he would be paid a few more Euros by the municipality.
In this part you also remember the teen lovers, who pass by kissing each other and trample the fallen leaves selfishly to celebrate their romantic moments with coquetry on a naturally made orange velvet carpet.

And when suddenly you see a pale leaf being taken by the autumn wind here there, you forget the old man and the lover teenagers as it reminds you of your own life, yourself, exactly like a pale leaf being taken here there by the wind of life not sure which direction you will be taken towards. The rustling sound of dry and pale leaves gets familiar to your ears on this path.

And the same is every day when you pass by the shop of the old hairdresser; from far away you hear the shearing sound of his scissors almost every day; Quich- Quich cutting the hairs and making piles of hair on the floor but you get bored seeing the same thing he is doing the whole his life, eh! Every day, cutting hairs! But you don’t know, perhaps he is happy to find a secure job for the rest of his remaining lifetime; perhaps he thinks that hair grows on daily basis and he always has work to do: just cut the hair and it grows again and never finishes; this way, he can earn a few more Euros. From this part you only like the sound of shearing scissors, when it is followed by the rustling sound of the sweeping leaves repeatedly one after the other on a daily basis, it is like a music and your ears get used to them within the time you were to follow this path.

And then late in the dark, when you are towards your cage, again you face other images; the naked legs of the young and middle –aged prostitutes that stand under the trees on this path to attract customers to sale their body for some moments for. In a short glance it seems attractive and you say; “Wow! These things could change the temper and could release the tiredness” but when your conscience bewares you of the depth of fact, in your heart you cry for them too as you regret for the old leaf sweeper or the old hair dresser, when you feel that they are doing it just for a few Euros, who knows if these prostitutes are also forced to do it unwillingly because of this wretched life.

Oh, forgot to say, there are two more sounds during the mandatory that are never forgettable for you. Out of these two, you enjoy one and the other is an abasing sound that you wish you would never heard it and you now would rather not talk about it.

As you stand for long hours to do what you are forced to, the bells of the clock of the church that is located near by, tells you the time and takes you towards release as the darkness comes, not knowing that there are still other of the same repeated boring days ahead, for a while you say “thank god, finally I am being released today” but when you think in deep, you find out you lost another twenty four hours in the hide and seek game of day and night without doing anything especial; anything for the others but just for a few Euros!

And finally in order to release yourself from thirst of a real freedom, the kind you are looking for, the only thing you can do is to try and pray to be able to break the cage and free yourself out of it as soon as possible.

Made in Afghanistan films in Germany

PRESS Release

DOK Leipzig 2008 – Special Program on
„Afghanistan - Inner Views“

Films from Afghanistan – Images from an unknown land
The special program entitled „Afghanistan - Inner Views” as part of the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film will present the works of Afghan filmmakers for the first time. In doing so, DOK Leipzig is giving new impetus to intercultural dialogue and underscoring its reputation as a place of encounters. The more than a dozen films in the special program offer impressive proof of a cultural liveliness and contemporary trends from a land which had internationally been regarded until now as being without its own film scene. DOK Leipzig thus is also reacting here to a growing need for information from the public. For although Afghanistan has long been dominating our daily headlines, we know little about the land and its people.

More than just war and poverty
There are less stereotypes and more the Afghan film-makers' own view of their own land at the centre of the films in the special program. Surprisingly many young women directors are represented here with their works. One film - Alka Sadat's „Half Value Life“- is also showing in the International Young Talent Documentary Competition - Generation DOK. Most of the films reflect everyday life and normality as well as social injustices which are burning issues for the authors. These include, in particular, forms of disenfranchisement like forced marriage and the imprisonment of women, child labour and patriarchy.

DOK Leipzig as a place of encounter
Several of the Afghan film-makers will be present at the festival as guests. This will be a special opportunity for the audience to have interesting conversations. Moreover, the goal here is to bring the Afghan filmmakers, who have few professional connections, into contact with producers, commissioning editors, and interested distributors. A DOK Summit panel discussion on the subject of „Producing in a State of Emergency - Film-making in Afghanistan” aims to inform and promote greater mutual understanding. DOK Leipzig is thus providing the forum for a dialogue which the security situation in Afghanistan would otherwise make impossible.
As a complement to the film program, the photographic exhibition „Unfinished Business – Afghanistan from the other's point of view” will offer new insights into the subject matter. More than 60 pictures, which have mainly come from Afghan photographers, provide an unfiltered view of Afghan reality. The special program has been created by Martin Gerner, the initiator and director of 2005's Afghanistan Film Festival Cologne, who has regularly visited the country since the beginning of 2004. We would be very pleased if you would support us in spreading the word about our festival. Please direct any enquiries to the press office:
Katrin Haucke // presse@dok-leipzig.de // Tel.: +49 341 308 64 16

Film Information

Shadows of war
The beginning is made by „Passageway“, a stirring chronicle about a chapter in the Afghan civil war whose horrors were further intensified by the subsequent seizure of power by the Taliban. Director Abdul H. Danish will be showing in Leipzig for the first time the uncensored version of his film. The chaos of war and the ensuing trauma are also expressed in „My Kabul“, a journey by taxi through the capital which is both destroyed and in the process of reconstruction. An atmospheric picture which recounts the memories of the taxi passengers about the war and has not lost any of its topicality. „Shelter“is the first Afghan animated film of international quality after more than two decades of war. It shows both the scale of the population's broken psyche as well as the positive principle of hope.T he painful break with the past is exposed by „Dream of Light“ through the example of Kabul's wrecked power supply. The stoical way the protagonists cope with the shortage is a testament to unknown human virtues.
This along with other films in the selection is expressly indebted to cinéma vérité.


Women's fates
Another issue in the special programs are women's fates: „Half Value Life“, the portrait of a courageous public prosecutor by the young woman director Alka Sadat, seems to confirm our cliché of a misogynous society marked by irrevocable traditions. „Moral Crimes“, Karim Amin's insight into a women's prison of Mazar-i-Sharif, also gives an idea of what a tough time justice and a new constitution both have against traditional principles. The inmates of this prison are women and their children who have resisted arranged marriages. Nevertheless, the social development in Afghanistan isn't necessarily only static or retrograde as can be divined from „Mesh“. Director Aarzoo Burhani looks here at the burka, the item of clothing which foreigners commonly associate with Afghanistan. Naturally, Afghan women also have desires and wishes: the camerawoman, who is at the centre of „A Girl from Kabul“, is of necessity a confirmed single. Her experience here is that independence in one's profession is hardly compatible with the society around her. „Zakia Did Stand up“follows the murder of a female journalist who did successfully embody the new press freedom in Afghanistan for a certain period of time. Other filmmakers have gone abroad because of the conditions. „Behold Alone a Woman at the Beginning of a Cold Season“shows the self-portrait of a woman writer who is fighting with her inner conflict and her new home in Europe.


Normality and everyday life
And, finally, the Afghan film-makers take a non-dramatic look at their own everyday life: „Sahar, the Young Carpet Maker“contradicts the often stereotypically portrayed subject of child labour. „A Day in the Life of Rahela“is one of several works in the film program achieving high concentration and authenticity through a precise and calm talent for observation. The exuberance and the travails of everyday life co-exist on equal terms. „Bulbul – The City Bird“tells the story of a group of street children who work as car washers. The Kabul of the nouveau riche and the precarious everyday life clash here as parallel worlds. „Buddha, the Girl and Water“take the observer to the place where the Taliban destroyed the historical Buddha statues and the people have other problems than thinking about its reconstruction. And in „The Last Shout“, another animated film, two matches fall in love with one another. The language and setting bear the signs of a globalized reality. What appears completely harmless to Western viewers - the kiss of two matches - represents a provocation according to Afghan standards.

International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film

NKA or The Narcotic Kingdom of Afghanistan

Graphic work by Jafar Rezaye

Some updates from the NKA (The Narcotic Kingdom of Afghanistan)
In the present Narcotic Kingdom of Afghanistan which is also called Islamic State of Afghanistan during the day and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan during the night things are in progress and no matter if some people die of violence, hunger or unjust treatment of the system on daily basis.
When we talk in general, there all things are fine, every thing is all right when His Majesty Hamid Karzai and the honorable family members are fine and doing well.
The business of the honorable family is on without any problems, obstacles or challengers and the Partners’ Group* is also happy with the family of His Majesty.

The general situation
There may be two to five blasts in some cities like, the capital of the Narcotic Territory, on daily basis that may kill or hurt ten to twelve people, and some people are dying of hunger on daily basis, but in a wider aspect if we compare it with the situation of even the first world countries, it is not a matter to be concerned about; fifty to sixty people are being killed on daily basis in accidents and incidents even in first world counties like America, or the UK; therefore killing of people in the Narcotic Territory is assumed by His Majesty as a normal thing like a daily incident that happens anywhere in the world.

See the flags on the vehicles

In this proud territory, we have a unique system of titling the state; in most of the parts of territory the title of territory and the flag of the territory change during the night, and then during the day it is named again as the first title. For the poor, it is called a democratic elected government and for the religious it is titled, Islamic Government so that they would also be satisfied with the title of the land. It is one of the wonders in the contemporary global village.

His Majesty, the most fashionable king of his time

His Majesty, the most fashionable king of his time with a unique costume style among 220 leaders of the world is ruling on most part of the capital of the Opiumic Territory of the Kingdom, during the day, and during the night, when His Majesty is in rest, again no matter because the Partners’ Group take over and change the title of the state and the flag of the state until the next day and life passes this way. Nowadays his Majesty’s soldiers do not escape any more from the army, and his officers in the army do not betray any more as the recent news show. Because recently in order to handle the situation and synchronize, systemize and equalize the whole Territory, His Majesty has decided to reward the Armed Opium Growers or The Partners’ Group with incentives who deserve this reward to bring a worldwide fame for the Opiumic Territory as a result the entire system is now equal and there is no need to worry about the oppositions, or insurgency nothing left to betray about, the whole system is corrupted and no fear to accuse someone for corruption, and then it makes no sense to make distinguish in between right or left, the whole parts of the Glorious Opiumic Territory will thereafter be led by the party of Armed Opium Growers (The Partners’ Group) who have shown courage and scarification during the last two years not only to the level of blasting themselves by the explosives but also killing many others too at a time so as a result they have exterminated the poor and there would not be any poverty on proud Opiumic Territory anymore, which is one of the main plans of His Majesty.

Recently, understanding that his costume is colorful enough to represent his proud territory in the contemporary world, His Majesty has thought of changing the flag of the kingdom in his latest reforms.
His Majesty thought that black, red and green are not good colors and ordered to change the color of the flag of proud Opiumic Territory into white so this way, every one would be seen through one eye*.

Wishing an Opiumful life for the people, His Majesty also ordered the people to be always happy and proud and laugh or at least smile when the near or far friends ask them about their situation, because as explained by him, there is nothing on the proud Territory to be worried about, every thing is all right; for instance The honorable younger brother is in charge Opium affairs and the honorable older one is in charge of negotiations and dealing the lands of the territory with the religious relatives as well as with the department of incentives for the Armed Opium Growers (The Partners’ Group)so to make the whole parts of the Opiumic Territory the same and there won’t be any fear or difference because there will not be two sides or two blocks any more so the entire territory will be given to The Partners’ Group and then every thing is all right in the country. The prince (the nephew) is also has taken a small responsibility in the house of people and life is the most comfortable than any other time in the history of the Narcotic Kingdom of Afghanistan for both, the honorable family of His Majesty as well as for the people.

Graphic work by Jafar Rezaye

When some curious people asked His Majesty about some sounds and booms they were horrified by, His Majesty assured the people, that there is nothing to be worried about at all, it may be some explosives used by The Partner’s Group, for the economical plan and demolishing poverty in the proud Territory that is for the betterment of the people.
And if someone is hurt or vanished by this plan, still no problem and they can just assume it as a daily incident and a daily accident occurs even in a safe and developed country like America or Great Britain said by His Majesty.

Graphic work by Jafar Rezaye

At the end wishing a long life for the Opiumic Territory, His Majesty encouraged the people for hard working for a better harvest of the Opiumic Territory in this year to be able to keep the world record for the territory in the coming year as well.

Wishing for his long life the people threw poppy flowers on their king and moved towards their farms to scrape and pare their opium buds.

Some photos of the King of Narcotic Kingdom of Afghanistan

No where is like his home for a refugee!

Photo by Cosimo Filippini

As a refugee in Italy

I was going to write about the immigration, refuge and the situation of the immigrants and the refugees in Italy on 16th September for the Immigration Day celebrated in Milan, but I didn’t have time then, and nowadays after hearing the reports of misbehavior with immigrants, refugees and or foreign citizens living in Italy I am to write a few lines and explains the situation for the readers.

Lately a student from Ghana was beaten up very badly by the local police in Parma and that was published in the printing press throughout the country. These days some other reports of misbehavior with the immigrants or refugees are being reported on the printing press.

A few weeks before that, an Italian – African teenager was murdered for a little thing that was also reflected very widely in the media and some considered it as a sign of racism that is growing again in the Italian society. Following this case there were some demonstrations and gatherings against racism in some cities while some of them turned into violence in between police and the demonstrators in some places.

Where the problems rise from?
It is difficult at the same time easy to analyze where the problems rise from in between the immigrants- refugees (foreigners) and the original nationals (the national citizens) of a country which cause misunderstandings in between the two sides.

There are not enough assistances and directions by the responsible offices
Because of geographical location of Italy, this country receives thousands of immigrants annually and it causes rapid growth of immigrants in this country and immigration has become a big issue of discussion in the government cabinet in the recent months.

While communication is the best tool that could bring understating between the “stranieri” and the citizens but in this regard the government of Italy does not have a vast program for the public awareness about the phenomena of immigration and refuge to their country so that the “stranieri” and the citizens would understand each other and live in a better environment during the time they are being settled in this country.
At the same time, enough information is not provided to the foreigners who are divided in to two groups; the immigrants and the refugees.

Non existence of a clear definition of an immigrant and a refugee based on the international laws and conventions, neither for the refugees and immigrants nor for the citizens of the country result that most of the citizens who are not aware of the situation think that these people came to their country to be free-fed by their government and they would finish the resources so most people always see the immigrants and refugees through humiliating eyes.

One of the reasons is because of bulk numbers of immigrants in this country, there are not enough resources for such programs by the Italian government, while there are other reasons too.

For a refugee going to a new country is a new birth or new life
For refugees and immigrants who are fleeing their home country because of different risks their life face with, it is too difficult to easily coup with the difficulties and problems they face in a new land where they are moving or being forced to move for the first time. It is absolutely as a new born, a new totally new life and it takes time, like years and years until a refugee would be able to merge himself in a new society and it is a bit more difficult with close societies one of which is the Italian society.
So it would be harder for the refugees when they are not felt by the people living around them, if they are not being assisted by the host country the live in.

Who is a refugee and who is an immigrant

Immigrants
Some people escape their home country because of the general worsening and critical situation in their country such as war, crisis, hunger, etc that would somehow effect their lives, so these people are immigrant and they immigrate to a safer place to find a better life and work.

Refugees
There are other groups of people who are specifically being targeted in their home country, because of their thoughts, beliefs, writings, activities, freedom of expression, protesting against the dictator regime they had, or belonging to a political group or have had some political activities in their home country because of what their lives are no more safe in their country and they have to escape to another land just to get a safety for their lives and then to continue their works and living there.

According the definitions provided by the international organizations working on refugees issues and immigrations issues these two categories are two different categories as well as their rights and responsibilities are different in the country they are seeking safety or help but here in Italy both are the same and there are not quite differences between the two categories and almost none are being supported or assisted by the Italian government after they are given documents of residence in this country.

No works, neither real supports for the refugees
Still an immigrant would hardly find a work, even a hard work but at least he would be able to find one in the opposite a refugee is not given a work, because the work agencies and cooperatives have more responsibilities for the political refugees if they give them work. So the refugees do not find works on the other hand there is no support by the government of Italy or UNHCR, therefore they are remained under pressure; whether they would sleep on the road or would die of hanger; no body cares about it.
However, part of this problem can be because of the overall economy of Italy, when there are many citizens too who are looking for works.

As a refugee or an immigrant, you have to;
Change your mentality about who you were in your country
Forget your past, your work background and the skills and abilities you had in your home
Be prepared for anything to do just to be alive and not die of hunger and
Do not expect alot, because you are a refugee or an immigrant so,
There are no opportunities for you if you have the ability to do something
Just keep very low profile, just eat not to die and close your eyes from the world and suppose you do not see anything that is it.

The Refuge and immigration issue misused by the Italian politicians
The refugees and immigrants issues have been misused by the politicians in this country and as a result the refugees and immigrants have been victimized.
The number of politicians from the different parties made a subject out of refugees for their electoral campaigns. Introducing the immigration and refuge issue as one of the main factors of economical and security crisis in the country some politicians drew a horrible face out of refugees and immigrants for the citizens and then made introduced some plans to solve this problems. In their explanations a high percentage of the crimes in the society were related to the immigrants and the refugees that is not true to some extend.
The citizens without knowing the reality, concerning about their social security praised these plans while in reality they do not know that the economical immigrants in Italy serve as a cheap labor force which is advantageous for the economy and industry of Italy.

Thanks to some social and religious charity organizations
The role of some of charity and religious charity organizations have been significant to assist the refugees and immigrants, for instance their dining facilities and clothing facilities are big mercies for the immigrants and refugees when they are in difficulties. These places abate the pressures of immigration issue form the shoulders of the Italian government, and are very helpful for the poor immigrants and the refugees.

Some people say it is a bit difficult to merge into Italian society
Some people believe the Italian society is not an open society easy accessible for the foreigners to merge into it, thus foreigners including immigrants or refugees are always seen and called as “stranieri” or the strangers.
We have seen people here in Italy who live for more then twelve or fifteen years, but they are still unaccustomed with the Italian society and do not have a feeling of being merged into this society, while in the other European countries living more than five or six years would be enough to merge into a society and be familiar with all characteristics of that society and feel oneself a part of that society that is very improtant.

Siamo Diversi?!
I remember when a dear Italian friend of mine told me that “siamo diversi” that means we (I and you) are different and now I want to say that of course “we are different” and that is how we have to be.
Of course we are different in complexions, culture, features, languages, traditions and social category but it is how the new world is going on ahead with diversity in the latest era of communication and technology.
And when we are different in complexion, culture, features, languages etc at the same time there are ways and possibilities to communicate with each other by sharing our things in common, abilities and skills because in spite of all these differences still as humans we have many things in common; senses, feelings, arts, crafts, flexibility, ability to learn and finally tools to communicate with each other and recognize and feel each other.
I believe the world of nowadays is more beautiful in diversity and multiculturalism whereas in countries like United States of America, Australia and Canada are the leading examples of this idea.

Is the Italian society a solid, closed and internally self- oriented society?
I don’t know if it is true or not, but at least for the “straneiri” it is a closed society.
Sometimes when we see, we find the Italians more inside themselves as they do not show interest to know about the others in the world, some say it is because they are just proud of their past glorious civilization and history of more than two thousands years back of the Roman Empire’s time, some say because they are still traditional and some say because they are not caring about the others or about what is heppening in the world of outside.
However, a very simple example is that the level of and the importance of the English Language is very low among the Italians. It is strange when we can hardly find somebody in Milan, in the capital of world fashion and Expo city for 2015 who speaks English while this city is a commercial city of the Italy. This could show us that the people in Italy do not care about this language and the cultures of the other for instance. Same is the case with the level of interest for the cultural exchange programs, events etc with the other countries and other nations, perhaps they do not want to get involved or at least do not want to know about the other parts of the world, which once again shows, they are very Italian and they think very Italian. Same is the case to know or understand about “stranieri”; the refugees and the immigrants and thier countries, so people do not show interest to merge them in Italian society.

Here things move very piano piano (slowly) and if you ask why so slowly, why not faster; you will hear a response;” “Here is Italy”, “piano, piano”, “Rome is not built overnight”, that means if you want a concrete thing get done here, it takes time and you have to be patient. Anyhow, in spite of all the abovementioned characteristics (of course from the eye of a refugee) still the Italians are nice people.

The IRI Regime takes revenge from Afghanistan

The Islamic Republic of Iran still interferes in Afghan’s affairs
Experiencing different crisis in their country, although the Afghan people in general are already much brighter and more matured in understanding their socio- political situation better than ten to fifteen years back when they were victims of different crises brought in by disappearing factors from their neighboring countries, but still a series of serious destructive interferences have started by IRI in this country.

As a continuous interference of Iran- Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the in Afghanistan affairs this country was burning in a fire ignited by the matches of these countries from late 1980s to end of 1990s.

As a result of interferences of these countries in Afghanistan’s affairs the biggest damages had occurred from different aspects during the civil war of 1990s; the relatively unity and social affinity that were slowly on rooting among the different ethnics of Afghanistan, was broken and the economical and social infrastructures of the country were destroyed, the national wealth were looted and a big chink was made among the people when the neighboring countries played the major roles in this country; practically the country turned into some self-ruling regions each led by the agents and hireling of either of these countries. They were as partners in the ownership of the parts they were supporting their hireling groups where they could have their influences whether by capital investments and money and weapon distribution among the people, by ethnic and tribal relations or by religious and sectarian affiliation of the people in the regions. And then finally Afghanistan was how they wanted; a country broken into pieces not only without a strong central government but without a government at all.

While Pakistan supported the groups in the eastern and southern provinces, Saudi Arabia eastern provinces, southern and north eastern provinces by making religious madrasas and centers and Iran supporting the groups in the central highlands, in the western provinces and then in the capital. At the end, there were many political and military groups each affiliated to one of these three countries.

While most of the Pashtoon groups were supported by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Iran Supported Tajik groups based on their language, culture and ethnicity affiliation with Iran at the same time supported the Hazara groups based on their sectarian and religious affiliation with this country.

After the Taliban took the power in 1995 Pakistan and Saudi Arabia found more opportunities to influence in this country but Iran had smaller role supporting the defeated groups of Tajiks and Hazaras until 2002 when the Taliban were collapsed and once again the northern allies groups consist of Persian speaking troops were able to breath, then Iran again got a major role to interfere in Afghanistan.

Sayed Mustafa Kazimi, who was killed in a blast last year

The cruel plan for creation of Sepaah e Mohammad (The Mohammad Force) the Shiite Al-Qaeeda
While Al-Qaeeda is a terrorist group of the extremist sunny Muslims that is supporting the Taliban, the Iranian Government was planning to make a structure called Sepah e Mohammad or The Mohammad Forces based on a mixture model of their Sepah and Basij (the IRI defending force and the people’s mobilized forces) to send to Afghanistan to ignite fire against the interest of the western countries when something happened against the interest of IRI in Afghanistan.

It was beginning of 2003 when a lot of returnees were repatriating from Iran to Afghanistan many efforts were made to attract the youth for this terrorist groups in Herat, Kabul and Mazar e Sharif. But fortunately most efforts were spoilt as the people tend to show interest in civilian lives than militarism again in this country. They were spending a lot of money to publicize this new born group but luckily the people who were the responsible persons for this Mission were not trusted ones among the people thus their efforts were not so useful otherwise by now we were witnessing creation and growth of a Shiite Al-Qaeeda group called Sepah e Mohammad in the cities of Afghanistan.

One of the top responsible person for leading this mission and organizing this group was Sayed Mustafa Kazimi the ex-minister of commerce and then Member of Parliament who was killed in a mysterious suicide attack in Baghlan province last year whereas the Taliban neither took the responsibility for that blast.

The next person was Shaikh Zaki another Mullah who was killed (poisoned mysteriously) just a few months before Mustafa Kazimi in Kabul and the medical report diagnosed the cause of his death appendix problem which was not true.

These two people were the direct links of the Iranian regime with the people they were influencing in Kabul and provinces but fortunately their plans were left behind without a success after they left this world.

When the Iranian regime was disappointed to give birth and expand Sepah e Mohammad as the Shiite Al-Qaeeda force, then they tend to support the Taliban by providing them financial and armament supports which were evidenced for several times and then finally the Taliban themselves announced lately that they are being provided with weapons by the Iranian Regime.

The end of Ramazan gathering in Kabul for Qods Day

The last Friday of Ramazan that was named as Qods Day in the early 1980s by Ayatullah Khomaini the Iranian religious leader of that time, is being celebrated annually in Iran to show solidarity with the Palestine’s Muslim people.

This year there was a gathering in Kabul at the end of the holy month of Ramazan that was for sure organized by the non- Hazara Shiite minority hireling of the IRI regime in Kabul.

Most of the participants in this gathering were the poor illiterate labor people being led by some religious leaders affiliated to IRI regime.
While the people were holding the photo of the holy Mosque of Aqsa of Jerusalem and the photo of Hassan Nasrullah Hezbollah leader, they carried placards written against the presence of Israel in Palestine and presence of America in Iraq and Afghanistan which was obvious that the IRI hirelings have organized this gathering in Kabul.

This gathering was ended by a twelve article manifesto in which they asked the parliament of Afghanistan to timeline the presence of the invader foreign troops in this country and warned the coalition forces to stop the blind bombings of the innocent civilians other wise god would curse them badly.

In this gathering not only the Shiite IRI agents were present but also religious leaders representing the extremist sunny groups such as Hezb e Islami were present there as well which means the current situation of the country, repeated mistakes of the NATO and Coalition forces in there air strikes that kill a lot of innocent civilians and security instability again has opened a way for the IRI regime to have chance of interference through their hireling people even in the capital of the country.

This time the IRI regime is more matured in their policies and has been able to bring together the extremists of both sectarian groups; the Shiite extremists and the Sunny extremists.

In their speeches these IRI agents have even defended the Iranian nuclear program and have condemned the western countries for boycotting and applying bans against Iran.

After Mustafa Kazimi and Shaikh Zaki were killed, people like, Sayed Ali Javed, ex- minister of transport, currently MP, Sayed Hadi Hadi and Ayatullah Asif Mohseni are the Shiites linked with the IRI Regime in Kabul.

Ayatullah Asif Mohseni,

In a short glance it seems purposeless and meaningless to talk about Palestine,Lebanon and Iraq from Afghanistan while there are several problems within this country to talk about and resolve them. But if we see it a bit deeper, we know where these people are being persuaded from; by the IRI Regime that is trying to challenge the western countries in Afghanistan to revenge them no matter if Afghanistan harms.

This shows that the western countries involved in Afghanistan should not take it for granted, because this is a real sign of danger for them as well as for Afghanistan from inside the country.

If there will not be any serious changes soon for a better security stability and anti corruption operations, countries like Iran and Pakistan are just ambushing for any sign of weaknesses by the international community to attack their basis and their interests in Afghanistan.

Some photos of Qods day celebrated by the IRI hirelings in Kabul

Silence is my biggest enemy that takes me towards non-existence

Imagine you are a talkative person with a lot of friends who listens anxiously to what you talk about, and then just for a couple of minutes say nothing, and then keep your mouth closed for a couple of hours. Do not say anything. Just keep quiet. You may want to say something but you do not. It may be told by someone or you were pushed to do so. Or the situation you have forced you for a silence. How do you feel? Don’t you feel that you do not exist anymore? Don’t you feel that you are no more in this world? Don’t you think that your silence is your end? Isn’t everything meaning less for you in this situation?

Yeah, definitely, when we write, when we speak out, when we shout out and then suddenly we are stopped we are dead then. We are out of breath. And we don’t exist anymore.

And they are true when people say, “If you want to kill a poor person, just stop his earning or livelihood”. “If you want to kill a fish, take it out of water easily” and “if you want to kill a writer break his pen and tear his paper that is it!”, that is how the non – existence begins, very simply.

Exactly as Iqbal Lahoori says “we are like waves and since we have no movements, we do not exist anymore”.

And for me as a talkative person when I am not able to write because of being forced to silence, I am like dead or a moving corpse.

And then when I have the power to break silence, or escape from it I am just to shout, to shout out aloud and say that I still exist. That I am still in movement and I don’t want to give up as long as I am in movement and still can shout and say something.

Good that I recognized my biggest enemy that causes my non - existence and throws my soul out of my body, and when just remains my painful body without any sign of living since there is no sound coming out of it, the silence dancing happily around me laughing for its victory and for my non existence, but I can just see and cant hear anything because f the silence. Then there is nothing remaining in my mind at least to rewind and remind the jingles from past in my mind, because there is no mind to think when there is no soul within me, then how would I expect something inside it when there is no mind at all?

Then every where is black, dark, no I made a mistake, every where is white and light, Oh I again made a mistake, every where is green, no. blue, no. red, no. gray, no. then what?!
I told you when I am silent the soul is out of my body and I have no mind, no sound and nothing in me how would I distinguish and understand the colors, but on that time, everything is like something meaningless, colorless and without any sense, that is the feeling I have when I am forced to be silent.

There was a time in the past when I had a lot of pains and sorrows then I relied on silence and went to it for a relieve, it was different then, but now is the time not to refer to silence anymore, after I found out that the silence leads me towards non existence, and when refereeing to it by myself, I make an unforgettable mistake if I again go to silence.
And since I got to know this secret about my relation with silence, I will never let it come to me again in any situation, this is the latest oath that I am taking with myself.
I write you all these, because for a time, I was silent and I didn’t write anything for the readers.

And you too, do not keep silent when it is not thuoghtful and purposeful.