his 17 year old brother Naveed Kahn grew up in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in the mountains of gold. Once they had a thriving community, and their family did very well dealing in textiles on a pilot scale at their own shop. Naveed studies Biology and Mahmood graduated from his studies a cou- ple years ago. For the past few years the Khan family has been living as U.S. Terror refugees along with 1 million war refugees in their camp alone on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Even though they are highly educated and self-sufficient, for Naveed and Mahmood, there is little opportunity to escape war and the poverty that comes along with being a refugee of war. They are subsisting on the very bare survival essentials; one meal per day, small rations of un- clean water, some electricity, and enough spotty internet to communicate with Greenfuse. power, with a huge amount of weapons, military, N: Not war, ha. You will never change anything lies, money. They want to destroy all of us, de- with war, if you kill 1 Taliban, 10 more will Shakti: Can you speak about where are you from? stroy everything. They have changed the whole come, and in contrast if you kill 1 American Naveed Kahn: We belong to the province Kanda- life of Afghanistan. 1000 more will come. Our humble demand is har, but we are in refuge on the Border near Paki- S: What are they getting from Afghanistan? Why only peace; we dont want anything other than stan now. It is quite tough to live over here, not do you think they are there? Is there a resource? peace. Peace is the only way to finish these wars, like it seems for other people, in films or anywhere not by weapons, not by military, not by agenda, N: you can search on Google Map, Afghanistan is else in the world; we live very hard over here- too you cant bring peace with war, it doesnt work full of every kind of precious stones, every kind of much struggle. We eat just once a day. We do not that way. We just have to sit at the table and talk. precious resources, Afghanistan, is known as have water to drink really, it is very far away and mountain of gold, these dusty mountains are full S: How as Americans can we help get our leaders so there is also poor hygiene. of gold. to the table? We literally have war manufactures,, S- Can you explain why you have been in refuge S: Do you think the military is exploiting the land contractors, financiers, mainstream media, and for the past few years? for resources? extractive energy conglomerates, who literally run Mahmood Ahmad Kahn: I am a refugee for 3 the country here for their own gains. N: Yes yes of course, the US military is just a su- years, because of many militaries, about 52, in- per power which is destroying our land, our cul- N: It is really quite a task to be performed yes, it is vading my country starting in 2002 after 9/11, but ture, and getting our religion very wrong. I myself difficult to make them understand, because they mostly the US Military and the ongoing terror we have been the victim of this activity many times. are being brainwashed, like Donald Trump you can faced. There are thousand of stories from Afghani- S: Why do you think Americans misinterpret your never do anything to convince him of anything stan which will make you cry, I can't explain in culture? So how can we make peace... It is really difficult words how they rule and how they kill the inno- task to be performed, Donald Trump, has grown cent children and people of our country. N: It is hard to understand because we Muslims up in this US society, and he is brainwashed, and S: Can you please speak more about what it is like believe in peace. We are in search of peace, we so he can never bring any solution to this very in Afghanistan and where you are now? do not want any water, any food, we dont want problem that is in Afghanistan. luxurious life, we just want to be humble and live M: Today your American soldiers are here in our peacefully. S: how do you feel about Trump being elected country, and many times 500 hundred innocent S: Here it is unfortunately very common for main- president and the uprisings world wide? people are killed. There are one million refugees on the boarder near Pakistan, mostly from Af- stream media and now our very government offi- M: I am also with you against Trumps govern- ghanistan. Everyone has the same problem that I cials, to try to convince Americans that Muslims ment. But I am not in support of previous govern- had, forcing them to leave their homeland, and are to be feared, that the religion says you want to ments like Obama, Bush etc. because they killed that is because of US military terror and attacks. kill all Americans. Why do you think they say such all of our family, children, women, they destroyed They bomb entire villages, all of people die in negative things about Islam? our whole country, our everything they destroyed. whole village, no one left alive to tell the story. M: Do not judge Islam by the actions of Muslims. S: What would you say to US government and S: Bombing entire villages? 500 people killed!? Is Islam is not what they do, but what they are sup- Donald Trump if you could? this common? posed to do. Our Islam has taught us that no hu- man is superior to another. White has no superior- N: I would tell them Afghanistan belongs to us, N: Yes, yes they are bombing us, it is very ity to black and black has no superiority to white this is our country; leave it to us, any problem that common, theyre striking poor people in vil- it, male is in need of women and women is in need is in Afghanistan, we can solve in a better way. We lages, more than 500 innocent peoples are of men. Koran tells us the why and how to spend have many traditional systems we can use to killed some days. life, what to do in this world and what we have overcome all of the issues, fights, war etc. I mean S: Who are they specifically? come here for. The truth is that Muslims NEVER who the hell are you Donald, to come in from far M: U.S. Military mostly- plus Afghani Military, and want to kill any human, not just Americans. Our away, America is 11k miles, from us if I am not a branch of Afghani Military, the three are united, religion teaches us that the killer of one human is wrong, and they are coming here to help us in Af- to make our culture run out. They are just making the killer of whole humanity, so it's the propa- ghanistan!? (Theyeruptinlaughter) So please a genocide. Here we are totally against U.S. Mili- ganda of media that produces hate between Mus- Donald Trump leave, dont come, leave us alone tary because they do every thing wrong that one lims and non-Muslims. here. If you leave us alone, all our problems will be can think of. They enter homes without permission S: Do you want to go back home? What are your easily solved in 2 years. and when they see any girl, they take her with plans? S: If you could say anything to the U.S. Military them by force, then she cries, we all cry for her, N: Making the decision to be home is really hard, what would it be? too leave her, she is our sister or our mother. They beat them, rape many girls. you can pay a lot for that if you are inside of Tali- M: I want to ask US Military to please leave our ban or American military. But it is very hard to stay home, leave us alone, we can take care of our- S: Has anything like this ever happened to you? neutral. It is easy to be confused. Some say Tali- selves, we do not need help. I want to ask what M: Yes, one day the U.S. Military came to our vil- ban is on our side, some say Americans are on have we done wrong that you are treating us as lage where there was a marriage for my cousin. our side, so we are just very confused on whom to animals? You are killing children, parents, women, The military entered our home forcefully. They said give our strength to. We are in two minds, you WHY? Arent we human? we want to take this girl with us whose marriage is know? Thinking what to do, and what not to do, today. She cried, shouted to leave and they killed and its really hard to decide in our position. It is do S: Do you want to say anything to the American her in front of the family. I cry, is this humanity, or die, people? justice? Is this democracy? between the US military side or Taliban side, it M: Yes: S: Why do you think the U.S. military is in Afghani- is a situation of do or die. It is quite clear if you stan? What does the U.S. military do there? join Taliban, U.S. military come in 2 days (to kill We will be also on side of you, to do N: Their interests have changed, theyre shifting them). If you join on side of American you may something for humanity, to make away from Afghanistan, going for Iraq, libya, Syria, survive 2 days, but then they kill your family, people understand that we are one etc. now. The military is just here screwing off and your crop, they will do everything that is possi- ble to damage you in every way. They are forc- human, one body. We must act and restricting areas ing it on us from both sides. They are very con- be as a brothers and sister M: They have been here since 2002, after 9/11, vincing, they both have so many arguments to they are just collecting checks, taking resources convince you of their own agenda and how we from UN, doing nothing but collecting international -Exclusive interview for Greenfuse can help stop the violence. attention and aid.You know better than me the by Shakti U.S. government is a multi-billion dollar super S: What is the solution to this unending war? www.greenfuse.work
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