Project for political associations in Afghanistan
Author: Farid Yunus, Professor of Middle Eastern Cultural Anthropology, California State University, Member of the Sangar Advisory Board
OFFERS FOR POST-TALIBAN AFGHANISTAN
Target:
Building a free and independent Afghanistan based on civil, ethical, and just principles for all people in the country and internationally.
Vision:
Legal, civil-moral, and legal implementation of political, social, and economic issues for the prosperity of the country and the fight against any ethnic, religious, racial, sexual, and linguistic superiority. The main goal is peace, security, and well-being of people before the law, a developed economy from which all people can benefit, and education for all to improve the intellectual and spiritual level of people, which begins with the fight against illiteracy so that people can make their own decisions.
The following materials are offered:
ARTICLE 1: Since there are various ethnic groups in Afghanistan and each ethnic group has its own cultural beauty, a federal system is proposed to encourage, progress, and enable people to take responsibility and respect the cultural values of all ethnic groups so that people can better participate in their political, social and cultural destiny and bear responsibility.
ARTICLE 2: We live in the 21st century. This century is the century of equal civil rights. We are of the opinion that in world conditions and the experience that we have drawn from the history of the country, along with a federal structure, we propose a political system of citizenship, in which the inhabitants of the country, men and women, have equal civil rights and are responsible before the law. In post-Taliban Afghanistan, no single ethnic group is dominant and no single ethnic group constitutes a majority. No religion has superiority over others, and no religion should be in the majority. No man is superior to a woman, and no woman is superior to a man, except in piety and knowledge. We are all one nation and we do not recognize ethnic majorities and minorities to create national unity.
ARTICLE 3: We do not approve of any internal and external agreements and contracts that are contrary to the interests of the country's people.
ARTICLE 4: We ask the international community and the United Nations to help us establish a government on the basis of the articles on human rights and human dignity contained in the Principles of Human Rights and the Islamic Declaration of Human Rights signed in Paris in 1981 by Islamic countries and during an international conference to create an inclusive government based on the will of the people through free and universal elections.
ARTICLE 5: We believe that religion is a personal matter for everyone, and all religions of Afghanistan, including Hindu and Sikh, which are the faith of our brother, are worthy of respect and will contribute to the social and political life of the country without any discrimination.
ARTICLE 6: Since Afghanistan, from a geopolitical point of view, occupies the position of a buffer zone between East and West, which has led to backwardness and exploitation of its people, invasion from outside, we propose that Afghanistan be declared a free, independent, neutral and non-aligned country at the same international conference.
ARTICLE 7: Persian, Pashto, and Uzbek are the official languages of the country.
January 27, 2023
