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Letter "S" » Sam Zarifi Quotes
«This election could have produced a parliament that really reflected the wants and needs of the Afghan people to be free from the rule of the gun . . . and for clinics, roads, schools and jobs. Instead what we may get is a parliament stocked with figures who represent the bloody past and who have very little legitimacy or competence to address the basic needs of the country.»
«Voters had to choose between the unknown and the notorious.»
«There's a part of Afghanistan where there's overt violence, and there's a part where there's more subtle intimidation. That creates an obstacle for people who are dedicated to taking part in the election.»
«It contains a barely veiled threat of collective punishment. Making such a threat is a violation of the Geneva conventions and other laws of war.»
«Lots of Afghans are disappointed and cynical because they feel like people who perpetrated serious human rights abuses have been allowed back in the parliament.»
«US forces are still detaining people without charge indefinitely in operating bases.»
«The US detain people, keep them for a while and then release them without charges. It sometimes take two months for the family to know where the detainees are.»
«There's a growing feeling of an opportunity lost.»
«There are several districts, particularly in southern Afghanistan, where the government doesn't even really exist.»
«The Afghan people need a government that is functional and accountable. The warlords offer neither.»