Shrinking world yet expanding Afghanistan

The continual advancements in technology have enabled communication and travelling straightforward and effortless. Everyday the world seems to be a smaller place.

The distance amongst Afghans, however, has increased rapidly. The communication channels for Afghans have declined to the extent that it is becoming almost impossible to convey the real problems our people are facing.

A country where the news used to spread so quickly with no technology is now facing a communication halt despite all the new developments in the communication technology sector.
We have established small groups of like-minded people who are able to communicate effectively between themselves but fail to communicate with other groups whose ideas and views differ. Each group believes they have the solution to the problem and the others are the issue. Misconceptions lead to assumptions and disable us from finding the cause to the problems we face.

It is about time that we realise that we are only part of the big puzzle, not the puzzle itself. All the parts of the puzzle need to fit together to complete it.

Working with like-minded people and avoiding those who challenge us may be the comfortable option but we will only be hindering ourselves from moving on and making any real progress.

Improving our communication with all groups can only benefit our country and people. We may not necessarily agree with everyone else but it will enable us to keep ourselves and others informed of the negative and positive developments.

We may not even like each other but this should not hold us back from being united and strong. Consider a hypothetical situation where a country in Europe is attacked. It would be considered as an attack on Europe and the whole of the European Union will respond but do all European countries like each other?

Different countries in the European Union have fought wars against each other and the sensitivity still exists. However, they know that if they do not stay united due to those internal problems, they will be vulnerable to attacks and exploitation from other countries in the world. Moreover, the economical growth and stability will also be on the fall.

We (Afghans) may have our differences but the only way to strengthen ourselves against terrorism, economic and social instability is to stay united, improve our inter group communication and try not to be too judgemental.

Co-dependence is not a threat to independence but a key to success.

Let us make our country smaller and our people closer to each other while keeping the same geography and geographical distances. If everyone else can then so can we!