A Question from Afghanistan, ‘Can We Abolish War?’

Dr. Hakim Common Dreams September 19, 2015

Habib says #Enough! (Photos: Dr. Hakim)
Hadisa, a bright 18 year old Afghan girl, ranks as the top student in her 12th grade class. ‘The question is,’ she wondered, ‘are human beings capable of abolishing war?’
Like Hadisa, I had my doubts about whether human nature could have the capacity to abolish war. For years, I had presumed that war is sometimes necessary to control ‘terrorists’, and based on that presumption, it didn’t make sense to abolish it. Yet my heart went out to Hadisa when I imagined her in a future riddled with intractable violence…………
Hadisa, like 99% of human beings, and the more than 60 million refugees fleeing from military and economic wars, usually chooses peaceful, constructive action rather than violence……….
………In another two days, on the 21st of September, the International day of Peace, she will be one of 100 street kids who will serve a lunch meal to 100 Afghan labourers.
‘In place of war,’ Fatima learnt, ‘we will do acts of kindness.’
This action will launch #Enough!, a long-term campaign and movement initiated by the Afghan Peace Volunteers to abolish war…………..
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