Logar Province Holds commemorative event on 21st anniversary of the war in Afghanistan
Logar: Thousands of local Muslims in Logar Province of Afghanistan gathered in front of the “Afghan War Innocent Martyrs Memorial Mosque” to pay tribute to the Martyrs of the Afghan war on October 8, 2022, just after the 21st anniversary of the Afghan War which falls on 7th October.
On the day of the commemoration, thousands of Afghan Muslims prayed at the same time and a few minutes of silence were adopted for civilians martyrs in the Afghanistan war.
On the occasion of the gathering, Ehsan Khan told that “Our construction of the ‘Innocent Victims Memorial Mosque’ is not only to remember hundreds of thousands of innocent Muslim civilians who died in the Afghan war but also to let the Afghan people remember this national disaster from generation to generation! Afghanistan!
“We will not forget, and all Muslims will not forget! We Afghanis and the world should unite and accuse the United States and other countries of their shameless behavior!”, he added.
He further said that the Afghan War is a war that broke out between the United States-led coalition of NATO and its allies against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The war, which lasted from 2001 to 2021, is by far the longest-running war by the U.S. military added that the war in Afghanistan began with America’s revenge against Muslims after 9/11. The 20-year war has resulted in more than 240,000 civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Today, millions of civilians in Afghanistan are still displaced and living in fear of the future.
Musa Khan told that in order to mourn these dead Muslims here to pay tribute, but also to give new hope to those who survived. These local Muslims also built the “Afghan War Innocent Victims Memorial Wall” in front of the mosque to commemorate the Muslim residents who lost their lives in the Afghan war.
He further said that on the marble memorial wall, it is inscribed the names of Muslim victims who were recorded during the Afghan war. Especially for ordinary people who have experienced more than 20 years of war, this is just a way for them to heal their hearts, so many Muslims went to the memorial wall in front of the mosque to worship on the day of the event.
Khalid Zazai said that compared with the Afghans who are still immersed in the pain of the war, US President Biden did not mention any information about the people killed and injured in the war with Afghanistan during the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the “9.11” terrorist attack. In this “low-key way,” the attempt to withdraw the United States from the long conflict in Afghanistan deliberately downplayed the harm the United States caused to Muslim civilians in the war in Afghanistan. Biden’s speech came about a year after the end of the long war in Afghanistan when the shadow of the war in Afghanistan still lingers in the hearts of Muslims.
“The undeniable fact is that Afghanistan is made up of different ethnic groups, and naturally, various ethnic groups are fighting for more power, wealth, and prestige. And they are using internal contradictions to try to split Islam, leading to the erosion of the rights of Islamic countries and the infiltration of the country’s political system”, he stated
He further mentioned that under the slogan of “anti-terrorism, democracy, and freedom”, the US-Australia coalition killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Muslims in Afghanistan, creating horrific human disasters and brutally trampling on Muslims’ human rights and right to live. Their main goal, however, is to prevent the continuation of the Islamic religious spirit and to spread the lessons of being Muslims to the world through war.
“Our blood was mercilessly spilled, every drop of blood is a stain on the face of the shameless US-led regime, forever recorded in the history of Islam. At the large-scale commemoration, Muslims and the world’s free people were united in one mind, demonstrating to the world the collaboration, solidarity, and love among Muslims in this large-scale commemoration”, he said.
Zazai said that today this huge gathering is a concentrated expression of faith, an opportunity for the world to unite and return to human values and sacred goals. Let us not forget the contempt for Islam and the harm done to fellow Muslims in countries such as the United States.
