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Uprising for Change was not sufficiently well organised and was "vulnerable and exposed" to cooptation and manipulation by established political parties and opportunist politicians. On 3 July 2017, Asar Hakimi of Uprising for Change stated that the group is "not related to any political group or political movement".
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at a funeral of one of the 2 June victims, and subsequent police violence. On 11 June 2017, the commander of the Kabul Garrison, Ahmadzai, and Kabul police chief Hassan Shah Frogh were suspended from duty following the protests. In March 2018, Uprising for Change called for the Afghan government to
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responded by organising public meetings with representatives of civil society, summarising highlights of the meetings that criticised the tent sit-ins, and refusing to suspend suspected perpetrators. A parliamentary commission was prepared, calling for investigations and prosecutions. On 11 June,
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On 31 May 2017, a car bomb exploded in central Kabul near embassies and the presidential palace, killing 100 people. An anti-violence vigil started the following day, on 1 June, with the participation of 25 civil society organisations. A protest march took place on 2 June, during which six of the
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came to the tents and publicly declared opposition to the police attacks, but "avoided" public signs of participation during the days that followed. On 21 June 2017, one of the Uprising for Change leaders, Barna Salehi, stated the Uprising for Change had a 45-member central committee and several
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On 3 June, the day that the name Uprising for Change started circulating, three suicide bombings killed 20 of the participants at a funeral of one of the victims shot by security forces in 2 June protest, the son of a Senator. In anger at the new killings, more protesters joined and set up more
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In June 2017, activists in Uprising for Change insisted that they were happy for Jamiat-e Islami to support them, but were independent from the party. Jamiat-e Islami also claimed that the protesters were independent "civil society groups and ordinary civilians alike". Tabish Forugh argued that
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On 3 July 2017, Uprising for Change held a driving rally protest around Kabul, flying flags and honking horns for two hours, calling for prosecution of those responsible for ordering the use of live fire by security forces in June. The protesters also called for the head of the
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and government roadblocks set up in response created considerable traffic blockage. Uprising for Change mitigated public frustration and took into account mediation efforts by reducing the number of tents from seven to one.
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Around 13 June, the Kabul protesters removed six of their tents. On the night of 19–20 June, security forces removed the remaining tent, using live fire against the protesters, killing a 23-year old protester. The
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criticised the "continuation of violence" by the authorities. On 22 June, the Ministry of the Interior defined that police carried firearms while removing the last tent.
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In the early phases of the June protests, numerous groups and individuals coordinated without a centralised leadership. Two of the main groups involved included
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before the commission was formalised, the commander of the Kabul Garrison, Ahmadzai, and Kabul police chief Hassan Shah Frogh were suspended from duty.
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protest tents, reaching a total of seven tents on 6 June, each typically occupied by "a few dozen people". Similar tents were set up in towns in
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In March 2018, Uprising for Change proposed to replace the government of Afghanistan by a six-month interim administration. A member of
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protesters were killed by Afghan security forces. In the evening, tents were set up in protest against the new killings.
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Uprising for Change demanded that officials suspected of responsibility for the killing be suspended. President
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On 3 June, some of the protesters proposed the name Uprising for Change (
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sub-committees. The groups and individuals were mostly
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Zia, Mohammad Ehsan; Thompson, Tabatha (2020-05-07).
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civil disobedience
sit-ins
Kabul
31 May 2017 Kabul bombing
3 June suicide bombings
Nonviolent resistance
Khudai Khidmatgar
Tabassum movement
Enlightenment Movement
Kabul
Hazaras
Taliban
Dari
Dari
Jamiat-e Islami
Enlightenment Movement
Tajiks
Baghlan Province
Takhar Province
Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
National Directorate of Security
Minister of Interior Affairs
Afghan Lawyers Union
sit-ins
Ashraf Ghani




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