How do RAWA and Afghan women view the U.S. today?
Well, in the beginning there was a different reaction. People were deceived because they were really tired of the Taliban and all the miseries, the restrictions, the terrible life they had. So people thought maybe there will be change with the U.S. intervention. But now after these years, they see that the U.S. has failed in all its promises and nothing has really changed. We [RAWA] believe that freedom and democracy can’t be donated; it is the duty of the people of a country to fight and achieve these values. The U.S.-supported government have gripped their claws over our country in attempt to bring their religious fascism on our people. While we criticize the U.S. government for its support of the most dirty and criminal elements and groups in our country, we are of course thankful to the generous help and support of the U.S. people. There is a huge difference between the U.S. people and its government. Have things improved at all for Afghan women since the U.S. invasion? There is an
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