After a change in society, the market for comparing the old and current governments heats up, and people, officials, and even the international community compare the merits and demerits of both systems. In this context, many documents and evidence are obtained from all sides.
The previous government is judged by the standards of its time in power, while the current government is evaluated based on the actions it is currently undertaking and implementing.
Despite these two-way comparisons, surveys tend to focus more on the previous government, highlighting its mistakes and deviations to clarify the main reasons for its downfall and destruction.
When Afghanistan is discussed, the topic of the republic and especially human rights violations comes up; a topic that the previous government portrayed itself as a defender and supporter of, always defending it in the media with a mouth full and calling itself a promoter of it. But in reality, when human rights should have been upheld, there was no sign of it, and the situation was such that it seemed a group of savage and bloodthirsty people had attacked the citizens and were doing everything in their power.
Today, although the name of the caretaker government is promoted as a human rights violator in global media, in reality, when the foundations of the republic were strong and its orders were imposed on the nation, blatant human rights violations occurred before the eyes of the people; yet no one raised their voice, and nothing was done to stop it.
For example, and as a small instance of the atrocities, Hasib Qowaye Markaz was one of the many individuals who took away security and peace from society and, with the covert support of security institutions, instilled fear and terror among the people.
Not only the creation of fear and insecurity, but also bullying, unjust killings, confiscation of people’s properties, and destruction of public assets were a small part of the brutal and tyrannical activities of this individual and his ilk, all of which are clear examples of human rights violations.
This occurred in a government that claimed to be a defender of human rights, but in practice, it neither committed to implementing nor wanted to enforce those rights.
This was only at the individual level, but on a larger scale, all the spies and infiltrators of the occupiers, and even the occupiers themselves, by invading the territory of this country, were the greatest violators of human rights.
Is the aggressive invasion, the creation of an unequal war, and the conduct of extensive operations using lethal weapons with the aim of killing innocent people not a violation of human rights?
Even against a nation that had no advanced military equipment and still mostly lived traditionally, contented with basic necessities.
Or the internal mercenaries whose names were Afghan, but their thoughts and ideologies were completely Western, trying to break traditions, destroy moral values, corrupt government institutions, and undermine the foundations of this land; aren’t these clear examples of human rights violations?
Now, despite extensive efforts to conceal these truths, the era of secrecy has come to an end, and all the documents and evidence of these crimes and betrayals have been revealed.
When we see the situation like this, we conclude that those who introduced themselves as defenders of human rights were actually the biggest violators of human rights. They only used this pretense when it served their interests, but whenever human rights conflicted with their interests, they completely ignored it and continued on their path.
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