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(en) France, SocLib: AFGHANISTAN: A COUNTRY WHERE STATE, RELIGION, AND CAPITAL TRAMPLE HUMAN DIGNITY TOGETHER (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
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Thu, 8 Oct 2026 08:35:53 +0300
"In Afghanistan, the State, religion, and capital unite to crush all
freedom. This country, scarred by domination and injustice, carries
within it the seeds of a different life: that of a people standing
tall-masterless-in pursuit of dignity and revolt. An account from a
comrade. --- This is not the Afghanistan of colonial borders, nor that
of a corrupt nation-state, nor that of maps soaked in blood. It is an
occupied land-occupied not only by the Taliban but by all forms of
domination: the State, ethnicity, religion, patriarchy, and capital.
The Taliban-the current rulers-are neither a legitimate government nor
representatives of the people. They are merely an armed group that,
wielding the whip of Sharia, American weaponry, and a brutal logic, has
silenced the people and erected a caliphate upon the ruins of hope. What
is happening in Afghanistan is not merely religious tyranny; it is the
endless reproduction of a system of domination-under a new name, beneath
a different turban.
The Taliban embody the logical continuation of a state structure that,
since the very creation of Afghanistan, has served only as an instrument
to repress the majority for the benefit of a minority. The State has
never been anything other than an iron cage for human beings-a tool of
internal colonization. Anarchism opposes this deadly, bloody order. We
do not view the State as a savior, but as the enemy of all
freedom-whether it takes the form of the Taliban, corrupt republics, the
Islamic Emirate, or sham democracies." Afghanistan is a land of a
thousand human hues. Yet, power structures have turned these colors into
rivers of blood. Through their Pashtun-centric ethnic dominance, the
Taliban merely perpetuate a historical discrimination that has, for
centuries, marginalized or sought to eliminate non-indigenous
minorities. For us anarchists, any power based on ethnicity, race, or
lineage is a historical sickness to be cured through radical,
transnational solidarity.
Today, Afghan women are not only deprived of their rights; they are
systematically excluded from all social life. The Taliban have closed
schools to girls, banned women from working, and shackled their bodies
in the name of honor and Sharia law. But have women given up? No. From
the streets of Kabul to secret prisons, from clandestine manuscripts to
stifled cries, they are the initial sparks of revolt. Anarchism views
women not as victims, but as the starting point of the revolution.
While children freeze to death, Taliban commanders thrive on the bloody
trade of Iranian oil and Qatari dollars. Afghan capitalism has revealed
its true face: a violent, religious, ethnic, and tribal capital.
Anarchism offers an alternative to this hell: an economy of sharing,
local cooperatives, collective ownership, and the free distribution of
resources based on need.
And yet, hope remains. In the heart of the darkness, young
people-without flags, leaders, or formal structures-are weaving
clandestine networks of resistance. Women teach in secret within private
homes. Exiled poets become the voice of the voiceless. Media outlets
disseminate news covertly. These are the seeds of liberation. If
nurtured, they will blossom into a future of freedom. "The Afghan people
are oppressed and tortured by the State, religion, ethnicity, and
capital. Yet these oppressions also hold the promise of a new birth.
Anarchism is an invitation to this painful birth: a liberation without
leaders, an order without a State, a life without masters. We do not
believe-but we hope. Not an empty hope, but an armed hope, angry and
filled with love. Afghanistan must be rebuilt-from the bottom up, by the
people, rising from the ashes of revolt and goodness."
SOURCE: Le Père Peinard - L'Info libertaire - May 19, 2025
https://www.socialisme-libertaire.fr/2026/09/afghanistan-un-pays-ou-l-etat-la-religion-et-le-capital-foulent-ensemble-la-dignite-humaine.html
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