Global Research: A suicide attacker struck the heavily guarded diplomatic quarter in Kabul with a massive truck bomb during rush hour on Wednesday morning, killing 90 people, and wounding more than 400. There was no claim of responsibility. “I have been to many attacks, taken wounded people out of many blast sites, but I can say I have ever seen such a horrible attack as I saw this morning,” ambulance driver Alef Ahmadzai told The Associated Press. “Everywhere was on fire and so many people were in critical condition.” more...

RAWA.org: 27th and 28th April, two shameful days in our country’s history are reminiscent of imprisonments, torture, killing of thousands of innocent people, mass graves, massacres, rape, looting, plunder of national treasures, selling of our country to foreigners, and hundreds of other crimes and treacheries. This year, this grave and mournful day will be marked with the arrival of the ‘butcher of Kabulis’ – Gulbuddin Hekmatyar – in Kabul, pouring salt over the wounds of thousands of people who were victims of his dog-eat-dog infighting with fellow Jehadi brothers. more...

RAWA.org: A literacy course for women was inaugurated in one of the poorest rural areas of eastern Afghanistan. RAWA members traveled to the village on April 6th, and held a small inauguration ceremony which was attended by more than eighty women. more...

RAWA.org: RAWA representative, Heela Faryal, visited Turkey and Kurdistan on the invitation of the Women’s Freedom Movement (TJA), previously the Women’s Freedom Congress (KJA). During the 10-day trip, she met with Kurdish female leaders, mayors, and had meetings and workshops with several women’s organizations. more...

RAWA.org: 8th of March, the International Women’s Day, tied to the name and memory of the shining star of the global freedom movement of women, Clara Zetkin, and other courageous women of the world, has arrived again. We Afghan women are welcoming this day in a situation where misogyny and violence are ravaging every corner of our homeland. more...

RAWA.org: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), commemorated the 30th martyrdom anniversary of its great leader, Meena, in a function on February 3, 2017. RAWA members and supporters attended the function, which was held underground in a city of Afghanistan. more...

RAWA.org: It has been 30 heart rending years since the demise of Meena, leader of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), when the KHAD and Gulbuddini criminals took her from us in a treacherous ploy. Meena was immortalized and her cry that called for justice and freedom of thousands of Afghan women still resonates among our women today. more...

RAWA.org: The messages were sent by RAWA supporters from around the world. We offer our heartfelt thanks to these wonderful people for the support and love they have for our leader and struggle. more...

RAWA.org: The criminal Zardad, who added “Faryadi” to his name when he moved to England (just like Atta Mohmmad’s added “Noor” to his name), returned to Kabul some days back, and a group of filthy Gulbuddini terrorists were sent – with Ghani and Abdullah’s approval as they make more efforts to strengthen their treacherous ties with Gulbuddin – to welcome this bloodthirsty criminal in the airport. more...

RAWA.org: In our country, crimes against women are still tormenting them and out of countless cases of crimes and violence against women, only a few have leaked to the media. These stories are so heart rending that they wound the heart and conscience of every person, except for Ghani and Abdullah and their mafia apparatus’. more...

RAWA.org: At last, the puppet government of Ghani and Abdullah have signed an agreement with Gulbuddin, this bloodthirsty murderer, so he could rejoin the other agents and creations of the US and West in their festivities. The government has poured salt on the wounds of the people of Kabul with this torturous act, and Gulbuddin will step over the blood of thousands of the victims of his killings and rockets in coming back to power. more...

RAWA.org: On 2nd and 3rd July, 2016, a representative of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) participated in the annual conference of the Coordinamento Italiano Sostegno Donne Afghane (CISDA). In addition to the presence of CISDA members, RAWA supporters from Italy, Germany, and the US, and representatives of Turkish and Kurdish progressive and antiwar organizations, also participated in the event. more...

RAWA.org: The US has finally decided to add its notorious creation, Gulbuddin, to the circle of national traitors in the Kabul government and complete this circle of arch-criminals in the Jehadi-mafia government of Ghani and Abdullah. This infamous criminal is the killer of thousands of our compatriots and hundreds of freedom-seeking intellectuals and revolutionaries, and had a big share in the arms and financial aid poured by the US during the resistance against the Soviet invasion. more...

RAWA.org: We have repeatedly said that the misfortune of our nation cannot be summed up in the US occupation and the domination of Jehadi, non-Jehadi and Taliban agents. There are yet more inferior servants in the puppet Jehadi-mafia regime of Ghani and Abdullah who make the suffering of our nation worse. One such person is Dilbar Nazari, the Women’s Affairs Minister who has always been callously indifferent towards our women’s pain and suffering. more...

RAWA.org: Omar Mateen a 29-year-old American of Afghan descent killed 49 and injured dozens of young people in a gay club in Orlando, and was then killed by the police. This gruesome terrorist attack has no precedent in the US history of mass shootings. more...

RAWA.org: On March 8, 2016 RAWA member Heela Faryal attended a one-day organized by Tehrik-e-Niswan in Karachi, Pakistan. The conference titled “Hum Auraten (We, the Women) – No More Violence”, was organized by Sheema Kermani, founder of Tehrik-e-Niswan, and attended by 600 people, mostly young girls and political activists. more...

RAWA.org: The Revolutionary Association of the women of Afghanistan (RAWA) commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of its leader, Meena, in a function in Kabul today. The function was attended by a small number of members and supporters. more...

RAWA.org: 29 years ago today, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) lost its great leader, Meena; a woman who had become the thorn of eye of the Russian occupiers, their internal lackeys, and fundamentalists, with her widespread and effective activities among the women of our country. more...

RAWA.org: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) has a world-wide network of supporters who comprise of freedom-loving, anti-fundamentalist, and anti-war groups and individuals. On Meena’s 29th martyrdom anniversary, RAWA received several messages of solidarity from these wonderful supporters. A few of these warm messages were read in the function held to commemorate Meena’s martyrdom in Kabul. more...

RAWA.org: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) was invited to the Women in Black Gathering held in Bangalore, India from November 15th to 19th. Heela Faryal attended the conference organized by Women in Black India, led by Dr. Corrinne Kumar who is also the founding member of Vamochena. more...

RAWA.org: 23 years ago, on April 28th, the criminal Jehadi gangs took power in Kabul and committed atrocities in a bloodbath never seen before in our country. These brutes had been financed and armed for fourteen years by the western countries led by the US, through the reactionary governments of the region namely Pakistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. The fundamentalist pigs under the leadership of Sayyaf, Gulbuddin, Massoud, Mazari, Rabbani, Dostum, Fahim, Qanooni, Ismail Khan, Mohsini, Mohaqiq, Khalili, Mullah Izat, Bismillah Khan, Abdullah Abdullah, Atta Noor, Zalmai Toofan, and tens of other murderers... more...

RAWA.org: The First Middle East Democratic Youth Conference was held in Diyarbakir, Turkey from March 13th to 15th, 2015. The conference which was organized by the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and People’s Democratic Congress (HDK) was attended by a RAWA member (Heela Faryal) representing Afghanistan among Middle Eastern countries. more...

RAWA.org: Last week the people of Kabul witnessed, yet again, the brutality, barbarism, and misogyny of the Jehadi and Hitler kind. Farkhunda, a young girl was beaten to pieces by a gang of inhuman cowards in broad daylight and in the presence of the police. Her body was later burnt. more...

RAWA.org: February 4, 2015 marked the 28th martyrdom anniversary of Meena, the founding leader of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). On February 6, 2015, members and supporters of RAWA gathered to commemorate this anniversary. A function was held in secret locations in Kabul and Jalalabad cities. The hall was decorated with photos, slogans and posters of our dear leader, Meena. more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): The suffering people of Afghanistan had not recovered from the 10-year occupation of the Soviet superpower, when they were attacked by another callous and bloodthirsty superpower in 2001. Our people, tired of war, have been burning in the fire of oppression and plunder set by the occupiers and their stooges. more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): “28th April more odious than 27th April!” was the slogan the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) raised after witnessing the brutalities and barbarism of the Jehadi gangs in 1992. more...

RAWA.org: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) commemorated their leader and founder’s martyrdom anniversary on February 6, 2014 by a function. The function was held in the afternoon and members and supporters gathered. This function was held in secrecy, far from the eye of the police and the spying agency (KHAD) of the Jehadi-Mafia Kabul government. Meena’s followers decorated the hall of a basement with slogans, posters, and photos of our homeland’s champion. The main slogan of the function read: “Dear Meena, rest in peace! We will avenge your death by fearlessly continuing your honorable path!” more...

RAWA.org: Today we have gathered here to remember our leader and founder. Twenty seven years back, the enemies of Afghanistan, freedom and human values, strangled Meena and her two accomplices. The enemy thought that by throttling Meena’s voice, they will silence the voice of freedom and struggle forever, or for at least a long period of time. more...

RAWA.org: Allow us to first of all thank you all for attending the event commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Meena, the greatest woman of the recent history of Afghanistan who sacrificed everything for her people and country. 27 years ago, a joint conspiracy between Ikhwani enemies and Russian lackeys dealt RAWA and the unfortunate women of Afghanistan, the most horrific blow possible. On this dark day, the filthy hands of these murderers strangled our beloved Meena’s throat, and deprived our homeland from a wise revolutionary leader. more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): With the aggression of the US and NATO occupiers on October 7, 2001 in our homeland, it has been twelve years now that our country is facing war, destruction, and the killing of thousands of its innocent civilians. The US used the terrorist attacks of 9/11 as a pretext to change the regime in Afghanistan and pave the way for its long-term military presence in the region. more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): It has been twelve years since the US started its “war on terror” with claims of securing “women’s rights”, “human rights”, “justice” and “stability” in Afghanistan; and that too by relying on fundamentalists such as Sayyaf, Qanouni, Fahim, Khalili, Abdullah, Mohaqiq, Atta, Ismail, Khuram, Almas, Rabbani... more...

RAWA.org: What insulting painful games are not played with our suffering nation. This time, it is the performance of the agonizing drama of the Paris Conference, with the endorsement and support of the US, which has gathered the enemies from the Northern Alliance, Taliban, Gulbuddin’s party, Al-Qaeda, the United Front, the Afghan High Peace Council, the National Coalition, the Truth and Justice Party, and others, to bring ‘peace’ for our people. more...

RAWA.org: In the series of praising and esteeming the slaughterers of our nation, the corrupt, pro-warlord and pro-national-traitors government, has yet again named an educational institution and a road in the capital, after Burhanuddin Rabbani, one of the destroyers of Afghanistan. Fortunately, this time, our conscious and weary youngsters stood up against this shameful act by Karzai. more...

RAWA.org: While the men and women of many Islamic countries rose against their deteriorated and despotic regimes and the world rightfully called it the “Arab Spring”, the Khalqi-Parchami traitors and criminal fundamentalists, made Afghanistan’s spring a mournful and torturous dark time, and these two days of the month became a symbol of ill-fortune in the recent history of our country. more...

RAWA News: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) held the International Women’s Day in Nangarhar province. Around hundred women and young girls attended the function. Two poems and songs were performed. Sharifa spoke shortly about the history of 8th March and its importance for women of Afghanistan. Azita gave a speech outlining the policies of RAWA and describing the conditions of women under the US invasion... more...

RAWA.org: Afghanistan’s women spent another year under the burden of occupiers, dominance of a Jehadi-Mafia government and terror of the Taliban, the result of which was an increase in poverty, homelessness, immigration, loss of dear ones, domestic violence, rape, self-immolation, a high maternal and infant mortality rate and thousand other miseries. more...

RAWA News: On February 6, 2011, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) commemorated the 25th anniversary of the martyrdom of Meena in Kabul. Due to heavy snowfall that blocked the roads, the function had to be delayed. More than hundred girls and women attended the function which started in the morning and stretched till afternoon. more...

RAWA News: On December 12, 2011, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) distributed emergency aid items to a small village called Shar Shar, in Chah Aab district of northern Takhar province. More than hundred families and 800 people benefited from the aid. more...

By inviting criminals like the Taliban, the leaders of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s party and other “Jehadi leaders” to be part of a “Consultative Peace Jirga,” Mr. Karzai is committing yet another treason against the Afghan people. Like any puppet, anti-people ruler, he initially compromised with all the murderers associated with April 27th 1978 and April 28 1992 and installed them in key posts of his government. more...

On Saturday, March 20, people in Fredericton Peace Coalition gathered together to support the rights, education, health and empowerment of women in Afghanistan. Fredericton’s 4th Annual Benefit Variety Show for the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA) occurred at 7:00pm at the Student Union Building Ballroom at UNB Fredericton. more...