He left his village in Uruzgan and went to Kandahar...

by astroleni | July 14, 2007 at 06:07 pm

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The broken dreams... a hidden wide-spread issue.

Abdul Kabir-not real name-is 12 years
old.

He left his village in Uruzgan and went
in Kandahar to work in a relative' shop.

But when he got there, the man did not
want to employ him and shut the door in his face. Abdul went to
labour market and two men promised him a work as a bricklayer for one
dollar a day.

Instead of bringing him to the yard,
they brought him in an abandoned building and abused him.

Recovered from the trauma, Abdul
decided to come back to his village. A taxi driver offered him a lift
and, once in the car, he abused him too.

He reached his house, at last, and
tried to earn his living from the opium harvest in the field of a
friend of his family.

But there, among the poppies, another
worker tried to abuse him. The boy reacted and wounded the man with
the sickle used for harvesting the opium.

The twelve-years-old boy has turned in
to the police and locked up in a detention centre. His abuser is
free.

This sad story told to Irin News, is
just one of the many cases of children sexual-abuse: this is every
day more common in a country which cannot escape from poverty and
war.

Cultural,economic and legal reason,
Peace Reporter quotes that paedophilia, often linked to
homosexuality, is really common in the Afghan society. Tradition and
religion prevent nearly any contact among males and females, so that
men try to seek an alternative among themselves and the children.

UNICEF campaigns are nearly useless.

Moreover, illiteracy and poverty also,
are among the main causes.

Children are forced by parents to go to
work instead to go to school.

In Afghanistan, poverty is the
consequence of more than 25 years of war which does not seem to stop.

Under the Taliban rule, a person
charged with sexual abuse on a minor was executed.

In the current Afghan criminal code,
this kind of crime is not even included and the few people charged
are treated under article 427 on adultery, with up to 10 years of
detention.

Open
letter to Abdul

Dear child,

all your fears
and nightmares are our fears and nightmares.

Your broken
toys, are our broken toys.

If we fail to
help you, we are a failure.

We hold out
our hands and our hearts in your long journey, in darkness and light.

We are close to
you, more than you might imagine.

Because harmony
and beauty are prerogative of the children' souls

And you, dear
child, you are the builder of future

We count on
you!

Leni
provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops,
readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English
and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in
demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni
Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com