Afghan women protest the fundamentalist rule

Holding banners and placards, the female demonstrators chanted slogans and demanded anti-fundamentalist and pro-democratic forces to join them and struggle to end the fundamentalists rule in their country. "We have this demonstration to condemn the rule of Northern Alliance or the rule of Jihadis (Islamic warriors) in Afghanistan because they are the ones who ruled Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, and they did the same crimes against the people especially the women of Afghanistan same as Taliban. So, again they are in power, again America and other countries are supporting Northern Alliance or Jihadis. So, we don't want them anymore in Afghanistan. With the presence of fundamentalists, with the presence of Northern Alliance, we don't have a real peace, security and freedom in Afghanistan," said Danish Hameed, a female protester.

Some of the leaders at the demo also spoke and said the world should know that Afghanistan is a victim of Taliban, Gulbadin, Al-Qaeda and Northern Alliance.

They urged the world to help them in the struggle for the honour and reconstruction of their homeland.

The demonstrators also handed over a resolution to the United Nations representative.

RAWA marks April 28 (seizure of Kabul by the fundamentalists in April 28, 1992) as a Black Day through staging demonstrations in Pakistan every year.

In Afghanistan hardly ten percent of women can read and write. RAWA strongly believes that it is only with the weapon of education that the women of Afghanistan can be empowered and triumph in their struggle against fundamentalists and their ilk. It is administrating hundreds of literacy courses and schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

RAWA was the first Afghan organization to hold anti-war demonstration in Islamabad to condemn the war in Iraq. (ANI)

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