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Sam Zarifi Quotes
«This election could have produced a parliament that really reflected the wants and needs of the Afghan people to be free from the rule of the gun . . . and for clinics, roads, schools and jobs. Instead what we may get is a parliament stocked with figures who represent the bloody past and who have very little legitimacy or competence to address the basic needs of the country.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«Voters had to choose between the unknown and the notorious.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«There's a part of Afghanistan where there's overt violence, and there's a part where there's more subtle intimidation. That creates an obstacle for people who are dedicated to taking part in the election.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«It contains a barely veiled threat of collective punishment. Making such a threat is a violation of the Geneva conventions and other laws of war.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«Lots of Afghans are disappointed and cynical because they feel like people who perpetrated serious human rights abuses have been allowed back in the parliament.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«US forces are still detaining people without charge indefinitely in operating bases.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«The US detain people, keep them for a while and then release them without charges. It sometimes take two months for the family to know where the detainees are.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«There's a growing feeling of an opportunity lost.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«There are several districts, particularly in southern Afghanistan, where the government doesn't even really exist.»
Author: Sam Zarifi
«The Afghan people need a government that is functional and accountable. The warlords offer neither.»
Author: Sam Zarifi