Afghans desire peace whatever the walls

Please watch how Afghans in Kabul desire peace so much they’d scribble it on the walls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H_ADb4SUag

I was in Kabul recently and as I was passing by the high, barbed-wire walls surrounding the Ministry of Finance, I noticed the deep wishes of Afghans ‘graffiti-ed’ on the grey walls, declaring :

Peace is happiness

Peace for security

Peace is mutual respect

Peace is friendship

Peace is our hope

Peace is our desire.

I couldn’t capture all the ‘graffiti’ in time, but need we demand more Afghan ‘graffiti’ to prove their desperate desire for peace, while the world gets un-imaginatively stuck in the tiring idea that bombs and bullets can meet the needs of their hearts?

Transcript of Video

For those who would remember Afghanistan

Don’t just remember its ruins

Remember the writing on its walls saying, “ Peace for security”

And most of all, remember her people

Afghans who want to make human contact with others

Radio : I want to speak more to my daughter but telephone expenses are high…

Afghan wall wish: Peace is good fortune

Afghans declare on the walls : Peace is happiness

And most of all, remember her people…

Afghans who wish it so much they’ll write it on the walls : Peace is our desire