Message from the Left Radicals of Afghanistan (LRA)
US imperialism and its NATO allies have been justifying their criminal mission and war in Afghanistan as a "peace mission". They expect our people to thank them for their merciful invasion and for making Afghanistan a colonial country with a puppet regime which has no real power or independence.
On several occasions, Karzai has asked U.S. and NATO to coordinate their military operations with the Afghan army in order to prevent civilian casualties, but no one paid any attention to his requests, even while he cried and wept before his foreign masters!
The killing of civilians during military operations has become a hobby for our blood‑thirsty occupiers. They offer idiotic excuses for committing such crimes, claiming that they are an "inevitable part" of aerial bombardments. But how can they justify opening fire on civilians following an explosion or a suicide attack?
There is no "impartial" media to report the heinous crimes of US/NATO and their local regime in the combat zones. In most cases, they hide the real numbers of casualties and the extent of destruction. They shamefully claim that all those killed by their bombardments were Taliban, while though local authorities give contradictory reports, including the number of innocent women and children killed in such attacks. According to both the US/NATO command structures and the Karzai regime, an average of 86 Afghans are killed each day in such operations. It is easy, then, to understand why resistance to the occupation is becoming ever more widespread among our people.
The real situation is that the anti‑occupation resistance now is not limited to the Taliban. Because of their inhuman policies, barbaric tactics and uncivilized behaviour, our occupiers are digging their own graves. The people of Afghanistan are realizing that all the sweet promises of the imperialist invaders were nothing but a bitter, empty joke and what the Afghan people received instead was more killing, destruction, humiliation, unemployment, instability, corruption, displacement and poverty.
The supporters of the bloody war in Afghanistan attempt to convince the world's people that only the Taliban oppose the occupation and the Karzai regime. They are trying to hide the growth of anti‑occupation resistance in Afghanistan, in which left forces have been playing a significant role. For instance, in Jalalabad (May 2005) and Kabul (29 May 2006), large anti‑US demonstrations took place. Several of our comrade activists were detained in these actions, and some of them are still under detention, courtesy of Mr. Karzai's "democratic regime". It is a common feature of all imperialist and fascist regimes that in order to legitimize their illegal hold on power, attempt to stamp out their opponents by labelling them as "rebels" and "terrorists" to be persecuted and killed.
But despite these efforts, the truth about the U.S./NATO "peace mission" in Afghanistan is getting out to world public opinion. We salute the efforts of all peace and progressive forces around the world to help reveal the truth about this so‑called "peace mission", and to bring a speedy end to this chaotic and bloody tragedy in Afghanistan.