Hujjatullah Zia

Funding has dwindled, while need has grown. And yet NGO work continues to be plagued by inefficiency.

A partial shutdown of fibre-optic internet has spread fear. Afghans do not want to be cut off from the world.

In 2024, Afghanistan’s multiple crises worsened, and yet little help was extended to it. Afghans feel abandoned.

Amid the hard times my country is going through, I have left behind despair and embraced hope.

Climate change is bringing about more devastation, forcing more Afghans to flee.

My country, where the pursuit of knowledge was always venerated, is descending into darkness.

Under the Taliban regime, Afghan women are facing growing hostility and restrictions, but they continue to resist.

Sectarian violence in Afghanistan is showing no sign of abating but our spirit has not been broken.

Do not forget us.

It was a mistake not to include the Taliban in the post-2001 state-building effort.