Ali, Faiz and Abdulai at the Gandhi Memorial in New Delhi, India
Too often the ’story’ about Afghan men is centered on violence. The $10 dollar Talib, warlord armies, government militias, armed private contractors, joining the foreign forces. It is an incomplete picture.
The steps being taken by young men - and women - to resist these forms of violence is one of the great stories of Afghanistan.
One group among many practicing nonviolent resistance to transform their society, is the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers.
Click here to follow their visit to India and efforts to learn more about the practice and power of nonviolence. Here is the first entry, a teaser.
Indian, Afghan and Human Poverty
"Faiz, Abdulai, Ali and I are traveling in India to learn from Gandhian practitioners in Ekta Parishad. We wish to learn how to mobilize people from the villages to protest non-violently.
Immediately, we’re encountering our own poverty.
Thanks and love,
Hakim, Faiz, Abdulai, Ali and all"
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