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The us did not bring democracy because Afghanistan already had democracy.
The women of Afghanistan could vote, before the women of Switzerland could vote.
**** those westerners who like to portray Afghanistan as some kind of barbaric, colonial, always 3rd world African nation, with some kind of arab culture that never had democracy. Afghans were one of the most civilized people in the mid-century with ibn-sina, maulana en jalauddin al afghani and many more. The worlds first oil paintings came from afghanistan, and bronze too. Afghanistan was strong enough to defeat britain 3 times and **** the russian invaders, no country could ever do so, which was 3rd world. And Afghans are not in Africa and not Arabs. Afghanistan had democracy since 1949 (and there can be a king and democracy like Belgium or Sweden):
1949
In 1949, Afghan Prime Minister Shah Mahmud allowed relatively free national assembly elections, and the resulting seventh Afghan Parliament (1949–1951), which has become known as the "Liberal Parliament", gave voice to criticism of the government and traditional institutions, allowed opposition political groups to come to life, and enacted some liberal reforms, including laws providing for a free press. This being the seventh parliament, six must have been elected from 1923 to around 1944.
1952
The Afghan parliamentary election in 1952 was considered a step backward from the one in 1949. As part of the government crackdown in 1951 and 1952 ending liberalization, the Kabul University student union had been dissolved in 1951, newspapers critical of the government had been shut down, and many of the leaders of the opposition had been jailed.
1964
In 1964, King Mohammed Zahir Shah ordered the convening of a Loya jirga - a national gathering that included the members of the National Assembly, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and both constitutional commissions - to draft and approve a new Afghan constitution. 167 members of the assembly were elected by the provinces, and 34 members were appointed directly by the king. Although most of the 452 people (including six women) assembled were predominantly officials who could be expected to support the royal line, the Loya Jirga of September 1964 also included members elected from the entire nation. While the government did screen out many potential dissidents, "on the whole ... delegates to the Loya Jirgah appeared to represent the full range of social, political, and religious opinion."[3]
1965
Most observers described the 1965 election as remarkably fair despite difficulties such as widespread illiteracy, low voter turnout, lack of political parties, and attempts by some government officials to influence the results. The 216-member Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, included representation by anti-royalists, supporters of the king, Pashtun nationalists, both the left and right of the political spectrum, entrepreneurs and industrialists, political liberals, a small leftist group, as well as conservative Muslim leaders who still opposed secularization. This was Afghanistan's 12th parliament, so there must have been three more National Assembly elections in 1955-62.
1969
The 1969 parliamentary elections, with voter turnout not much higher than in 1965, produced a parliament that more or less reflected the distribution of power and population of rural Afghanistan - conservative landowners and businessmen predominated, and many more non-Pashtuns were elected than in the previous legislature. Most of the urban liberals and all female delegates lost their seats. Few leftists were in the new 13th parliament, although Babrak Karmal and Hafizullah Amin (a mathematics teacher educated in the United States) were elected from districts in and near the capital Kabul.
Afghans have been here before. We had our first democratic election in 1965; millions, including women, voted in a poll that – while deeply flawed – was widely viewed as free and fair. But our "democracy decade" ended in 1973 when civil war erupted, and six years later the Soviets invaded. My family paid a high price for my father's involvement in politics: like thousands of Afghans, my father and my brothers were killed; our houses were looted.
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I explained all this to some guys here in holland that had all this prejudices, and wanted every ****ing westerner reading this, to know, and we are not ****ing arabs. UNDERSTAND THAT!
The women of Afghanistan could vote, before the women of Switzerland could vote.
**** those westerners who like to portray Afghanistan as some kind of barbaric, colonial, always 3rd world African nation, with some kind of arab culture that never had democracy. Afghans were one of the most civilized people in the mid-century with ibn-sina, maulana en jalauddin al afghani and many more. The worlds first oil paintings came from afghanistan, and bronze too. Afghanistan was strong enough to defeat britain 3 times and **** the russian invaders, no country could ever do so, which was 3rd world. And Afghans are not in Africa and not Arabs. Afghanistan had democracy since 1949 (and there can be a king and democracy like Belgium or Sweden):
1949
In 1949, Afghan Prime Minister Shah Mahmud allowed relatively free national assembly elections, and the resulting seventh Afghan Parliament (1949–1951), which has become known as the "Liberal Parliament", gave voice to criticism of the government and traditional institutions, allowed opposition political groups to come to life, and enacted some liberal reforms, including laws providing for a free press. This being the seventh parliament, six must have been elected from 1923 to around 1944.
1952
The Afghan parliamentary election in 1952 was considered a step backward from the one in 1949. As part of the government crackdown in 1951 and 1952 ending liberalization, the Kabul University student union had been dissolved in 1951, newspapers critical of the government had been shut down, and many of the leaders of the opposition had been jailed.
1964
In 1964, King Mohammed Zahir Shah ordered the convening of a Loya jirga - a national gathering that included the members of the National Assembly, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and both constitutional commissions - to draft and approve a new Afghan constitution. 167 members of the assembly were elected by the provinces, and 34 members were appointed directly by the king. Although most of the 452 people (including six women) assembled were predominantly officials who could be expected to support the royal line, the Loya Jirga of September 1964 also included members elected from the entire nation. While the government did screen out many potential dissidents, "on the whole ... delegates to the Loya Jirgah appeared to represent the full range of social, political, and religious opinion."[3]
1965
Most observers described the 1965 election as remarkably fair despite difficulties such as widespread illiteracy, low voter turnout, lack of political parties, and attempts by some government officials to influence the results. The 216-member Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, included representation by anti-royalists, supporters of the king, Pashtun nationalists, both the left and right of the political spectrum, entrepreneurs and industrialists, political liberals, a small leftist group, as well as conservative Muslim leaders who still opposed secularization. This was Afghanistan's 12th parliament, so there must have been three more National Assembly elections in 1955-62.
1969
The 1969 parliamentary elections, with voter turnout not much higher than in 1965, produced a parliament that more or less reflected the distribution of power and population of rural Afghanistan - conservative landowners and businessmen predominated, and many more non-Pashtuns were elected than in the previous legislature. Most of the urban liberals and all female delegates lost their seats. Few leftists were in the new 13th parliament, although Babrak Karmal and Hafizullah Amin (a mathematics teacher educated in the United States) were elected from districts in and near the capital Kabul.
Afghans have been here before. We had our first democratic election in 1965; millions, including women, voted in a poll that – while deeply flawed – was widely viewed as free and fair. But our "democracy decade" ended in 1973 when civil war erupted, and six years later the Soviets invaded. My family paid a high price for my father's involvement in politics: like thousands of Afghans, my father and my brothers were killed; our houses were looted.
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I explained all this to some guys here in holland that had all this prejudices, and wanted every ****ing westerner reading this, to know, and we are not ****ing arabs. UNDERSTAND THAT!
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