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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
A True Voice For Human & Women Rights In Afghanistan
In Afghanistan's men-dominated political system of warlords and extremists, Malalai Joya, an activist and former member of the Afghan Parliament, has always been a voice of conscience.
In this worth-reading interview, she explains why it's important to change Afghanistan and to empower the country's oppressed people.
To summarize the interview, here are the most important points:
- EU countries commit gross human rights violations by deporting Afghan refugees
- Afghanistan's warlord-system, that consists of former militia commanders, war criminals, etc., is still a huge problem
- The Taliban aren't the one and only or the main enemy of the Afghan people. The government itself consists of people who aren't better. Besides, other groups like IS have appeared since the NATO intervention
- Afghanistan's poor majority is suffering since almost forty years. The world can empower these people with education
- The West (NATO/US/EU) wasn't ever interested in bringing human rights, democracy or women rights to Afghanistan. Otherwise they wouldn't have become accomplices and supporters of the country's warlord-system.
