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| Afghan amputee marchers embark on gruelling peace trek |
| 2018-08-08 |
| [DAWN] Twenty Afghan amputees, some in wheelchairs and others on crutches, began a gruelling trek of hundreds of kilometres across Afghanistan on Tuesday, demanding an end to the war that cost them their limbs. The "peace convoy" began its journey in the western city of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... and will finish on the other side of the country in the capital Kabul, running the gauntlet of turbans, roadside kabooms and blistering temperatures. "We are taking this journey of more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) to Kabul to tell the world to stop the war," Mohammad Musa, 40, who lost both legs in a landmine kaboom, told AFP. "The war has brought nothing except destruction." Abubaker Qaderi, whose right leg was blown off by a roadside kaboom 15 years ago, called for a "permanent ceasefire" in the latest conflict, which began with the 2001 US-led invasion. "War must stop, we want peace," the 50-year-old told AFP before setting off towards Kabul. "For the sake of the next generation, they should stop fighting," another protester called Khan Zai told AFP. |
| Posted by:Fred |