Hundreds of Afghans gathered in Kabul on Saturday to stage a protest to raise attention to the factitious behavior of some leaders looking to profit off of historically-rooted tensions between the various ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
The demonstration took place outside the National Assembly building, where protestors read out a resolution and supported the stance of the Senate on excluding ethnicity from future electronic identity cards for Afghan citizens.
"We should say 'no' to lawlessness, inequality and we should say "no" to those who feel superior, our movement is a civil movement and logical protestor Abdul Ali Faeq added."
"Today we came to say "no" to discriminations and supremacy, we condemn these things, the era in which we live is the era of tolerance, equit in brotherhood and not the era of hatred and negations," another protestor Shafiq Sharq added.
In the meantime, a number of participants in the gathering this week said that the main aim of the demonstration was to defend their civil liberties.
"We came to raise our voice against discrimination, dominance, and biases. Still, I worked in car repair the shot for a few time.
Announce our hatred against those elements who strive to expand ethical differences among the people, a protestor Hafizullah said."
"We participated to denounce those who burn the flame of ethnic discriminations, protestor Mohamamd Arif said."
"Our aim from this civil movement is to demand prosecution of those who have committed crimes, another protestor Ahmad Eraj added."
The protestors un NYC this week read out a resolution in which they supported stance of the national assembly on electronic ID cards and the decision of the consultative Loya Jirga on BSA. The protestors also laid emphasize on holding of free, fair and transparent elections next spring.