The Taliban is attacking inside my country again: Jaleriz in Maidan Wardak, Kunduz province, in Ishpeshta near Bamiyan province, and in Ghazni province near Kabul. How can they make my motherland suffer such pain?Everybody in my country is scared and it seems that half of the people, especially the young generation, are leaving the country. Nobody leaves their country without serious thought. But with this fighting, everybody wants to leave Afghanistan. They would rather die in a river or on a mountain on the way to peace than live in Afghanistan and be murdered by Taliban.These are the most terrible days for everybody in Afghanistan. Yesterday I met one of my neighbors who wanted to leave the country. He was saying it is like suicide to stay here. “Let’s go from here,” he said. “It is better to die on rivers than to die by the hands of Taliban. If you drown in a river you die at once, but if you live here and are arrested by Taliban you will die a thousand times.” What he meant was if the Taliban arrests someone, they torture him until he asks for death.Everybody, even in Bamiyan, is afraid of the Taliban. Many people who cannot leave the country are saving food in their homes because they say that if Taliban comes, it will not be safe to go out and buy anything.Some days ago at the University I heard that the Taliban were warning Bamiyan that they would attack. I don’t know if it is true or rumor. If it is true, then it is true. But if it is rumor, it means that everybody is afraid and making up rumors.I myself have never seen Taliban, but I have heard many stories of their violence. During their regime they killed many people in Bamiyan. At that time I was living with my family in Iran. But I am scared of Taliban. I have heard what they do to girls and how they oppose education for girls. Last night I dreamed that the Taliban attacked my family. In my dream I ran away but then lost my family and I was alone with my niece. We were running and hiding from Taliban and then I lost her until I found my family hiding in a cave with many other people. People were talking. I was so scared and I shouted at them to be quiet. “Why are you not scared?” I asked. “You should know better. You saw them attack many years ago. If they hear you talking they will come and kill us.” Then I started crying. When I opened my eyes, it was time for the morning prayers. I told my dream to my roommate and she said she also dreamed about Taliban. All of this is almost more than I can put into words. I cannot truly express my feelings and fears. I don’t know how our dear president can bring peace to Afghanistan but I hope he hears our voices and will do something for our country. It is every Afghan’s wish.By Zahra H.
Source: Afghan Women’s Writing Project | The Taliban in My Dream
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