First the Greeks came for the Afghans
and we did not speak out
because I was not an Afghan.

Then the Monguls came for the Afghans
and I did not speak out
because I was not an Afghan.

Then the Arabs came for the Afghans
and I did not speak out
because I was not an Afghan.

Then the British came for the Afghans
and I did not speak out
because I was not an Afghan.

Then the Soviets came for the Afghans
and I did not speak out
because I was not an Afghan.

Then the Terrorists came for the Afghans
and I did not speak out
because I was not an Afghan.

Then the Americans came for the Terrorists
and world came to help.

Instead, the Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbeks, and Turkmen
all killed each other and
there was no one left to speak out
even though we were all Afghan.

Ethnicity, Religion, Politics, and Disunity
killed all the Afghans

The body of an Afghan refugee boy is prepared for burial in a Pakistan refugee camp in June 2001. The boy died, after drought and political tensions forced his family to flee northern Afghanistan. This photograph, by Danish photographer Erik Refner for Berlingske Tidende, topped a record 49,235 entries submitted to the 45th annual World Press Photo of the Year contest by 4,171 photographers from 123 countries, the World press Photo said in a statement February 15, 2002. (Erik Refner via Reuters)

Poem Inspired by Pastor Martin Niemöller