The Taliban might be able to dominate the streets of our cities, they might be able to imprison our bodies, but they will never be able to dominate our souls and imprison our vision for a future free from oppression.
Bonn's Legacy for a Post-Taliban Afghanistan Posts
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It was a poor institutional design that alienated the public and brought the unravelling of the republic, not the other way around.
This civic resistance may play a pivotal role in breaking Afghanistan's cycle of perpetual conflict. The calls for political representation, equality, and decentralization of power echoed with an unprecedented intensity, show a paradigm shift.
Access to rights and a life of dignity cannot materialize without access to opportunities for economic prosperity and a space where people can fulfill their potential.
How much the Taliban could reshape Afghanistan will essentially depend not only on the resilience of our values and past achievements but also on the robustness of our future collective efforts to counter them.
Improvements in Afghanistan’s judiciary and the rule of law will remain an important legacy of the Bonn Agreement.
Political and democratic rights can only survive if the people conclude that they will have a direct impact on their material well-being.
