On March 3, 2007 I received the following e-mail from Massouda Jalal, a letter she requested I forward to various organizations, as well as the current president of the US, George Bush. I forwarded it to The New York Times Op-Ed Dept. for possible publication. As former Minister of Women's Affairs under Karzai, Massouda has become more and more frustrated by his policies and concerned that he would likely sign a pardon of all war criminals very soon. It's been abridged to fit this space.-- Virginia WilliamsYour Excellency Mr. George W. Bush
President of United States of America
As everybody knows, after decates of war and conflict, people of Afghanistan (men, women,children) suffered and mostly the families lost lives and properties. They hoped and expected from the world and government of Afghanistan those (War Criminals) who took away their lives, comfort, peace and built their own palaces of desires through the bloodshed and destroying their own land should be identified and received deserved punishment according to their crimes through criminal justice.
But unfortunately, currently the afghan civil society is very quite, on behalf of afghan women and children I want to raise the victims voices, asking the afghan government to stop processing the forgiveness phenomina.
Forgiveness of war criminals is underfeeting the right of hundereds of thousands innocent afghan civilians victims;
Forgiveness of war criminals is against afghanistan constitution, it is an illegal action;
Forgiveness of war criminals is against Islam, it is the right of OMAT that no body including an Islamic country president based on SHARIHA LAW can not do it;
Forgiveness of war criminals is an encouragement to strengthen criminality and dectatorship in afghanistan;
Forgiveness of war criminals is an encouragement to strengthen terrorism in Afghanistan, region and the world;
Forgiveness of war criminals is an encouragement to strengthen drug business in Afghanistan, region and the world;
The move of the Parliament to pass a resolution which grants amnesty to war criminals bewilders and frustrates countless families. Losing their loved ones, relatives and even their properties has been bad enough as it consigns them to a life of pain, poverty and hopelessness, from which many may never find means to recover and forget.
This reflects the kind of government that we have today and the kind of leadership to which the nation entrusted the noble task of restoring peace and human rights to our people.
How can there be peace without justice? How can we continue to trust a government that has put the interest of criminals over the interest of the victims? How can we bring back the rule of law if the rules that we are making are for the benefit of criminals instead of the people they offended? How can our government violate international laws which prohibit the enactment of amnesty for war crimes?
Our Parliamentarians are custodians of the trust of the people. Our people voted for them so that their interests may be represented in the making of laws that will bring peace and development to this nation. Apparently, our people made a big mistake.
This is a very saddening development in this country. I mourn for the women who lost their children and husband under the atrocities of these war criminals. I mourn for the Parliament which is already at the verge of decadence even before it could do anything good for the people. I mourn for the souls of the people who perished in their hands. Justice is blind and so are our decision makers. A nation led by the blind is a nation in the dark.
On behalf of afghan civil society, I condemned the parliament decision, I condenmed the gathering of criminals in Ghazi Studium, I condenm in case the afghanistan president approves it, the afghan history and next generation would never
forgive this black moments (of amnesty to criminals) in afghan history.
I request afghan government and international community to stop the forgiveness process and start seriousely criminals justice to have Afghanistan cleaned up with the problem for ever.
If the afghan president Mr. Hamed Karzai, is not couragouse enough to do it, he can kindly resign and an afghan woman who has the pain of victims, will definately do the job.
Looking forward hearing from you,
With best respects,
Dr. Massouda Jalal
From Afghanistan
President of United States of America
As everybody knows, after decates of war and conflict, people of Afghanistan (men, women,children) suffered and mostly the families lost lives and properties. They hoped and expected from the world and government of Afghanistan those (War Criminals) who took away their lives, comfort, peace and built their own palaces of desires through the bloodshed and destroying their own land should be identified and received deserved punishment according to their crimes through criminal justice.
But unfortunately, currently the afghan civil society is very quite, on behalf of afghan women and children I want to raise the victims voices, asking the afghan government to stop processing the forgiveness phenomina.
Forgiveness of war criminals is underfeeting the right of hundereds of thousands innocent afghan civilians victims;
Forgiveness of war criminals is against afghanistan constitution, it is an illegal action;
Forgiveness of war criminals is against Islam, it is the right of OMAT that no body including an Islamic country president based on SHARIHA LAW can not do it;
Forgiveness of war criminals is an encouragement to strengthen criminality and dectatorship in afghanistan;
Forgiveness of war criminals is an encouragement to strengthen terrorism in Afghanistan, region and the world;
Forgiveness of war criminals is an encouragement to strengthen drug business in Afghanistan, region and the world;
The move of the Parliament to pass a resolution which grants amnesty to war criminals bewilders and frustrates countless families. Losing their loved ones, relatives and even their properties has been bad enough as it consigns them to a life of pain, poverty and hopelessness, from which many may never find means to recover and forget.
This reflects the kind of government that we have today and the kind of leadership to which the nation entrusted the noble task of restoring peace and human rights to our people.
How can there be peace without justice? How can we continue to trust a government that has put the interest of criminals over the interest of the victims? How can we bring back the rule of law if the rules that we are making are for the benefit of criminals instead of the people they offended? How can our government violate international laws which prohibit the enactment of amnesty for war crimes?
Our Parliamentarians are custodians of the trust of the people. Our people voted for them so that their interests may be represented in the making of laws that will bring peace and development to this nation. Apparently, our people made a big mistake.
This is a very saddening development in this country. I mourn for the women who lost their children and husband under the atrocities of these war criminals. I mourn for the Parliament which is already at the verge of decadence even before it could do anything good for the people. I mourn for the souls of the people who perished in their hands. Justice is blind and so are our decision makers. A nation led by the blind is a nation in the dark.
On behalf of afghan civil society, I condemned the parliament decision, I condenmed the gathering of criminals in Ghazi Studium, I condenm in case the afghanistan president approves it, the afghan history and next generation would never
forgive this black moments (of amnesty to criminals) in afghan history.
I request afghan government and international community to stop the forgiveness process and start seriousely criminals justice to have Afghanistan cleaned up with the problem for ever.
If the afghan president Mr. Hamed Karzai, is not couragouse enough to do it, he can kindly resign and an afghan woman who has the pain of victims, will definately do the job.
Looking forward hearing from you,
With best respects,
Dr. Massouda Jalal
From Afghanistan
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