Afghans desire peace whatever the walls

Please watch how Afghans in Kabul desire peace so much they’d scribble it on the walls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H_ADb4SUag

Peace is our desire

I was in Kabul recently and as I was passing by the high, barbed-wire walls surrounding the Ministry of Finance, I noticed the deep wishes of Afghans ‘graffiti-ed’ on the grey walls, declaring :

Peace is happiness

Peace for security

Peace is mutual respect

Peace is friendship

Peace is our hope

Peace is our desire.

I couldn’t capture all the ‘graffiti’ in time, but need we demand more Afghan ‘graffiti’ to prove their desperate desire for peace, while the world gets un-imaginatively stuck in the tiring idea that bombs and bullets can meet the needs of their hearts?

Making a living in Afghanistan

Transcript of Video

For those who would remember Afghanistan

Don’t just remember its ruins

Remember the writing on its walls saying, “ Peace for security”

And most of all, remember her people

Afghans who want to make human contact with others

Radio : I want to speak more to my daughter but telephone expenses are high…

Afghan wall wish: Peace is good fortune

Afghans declare on the walls : Peace is happiness

And most of all, remember her people…

Afghans who wish it so much they’ll write it on the walls : Peace is our desire

Peace, so we can work

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