In this presentation i am talking about different dimension of enlightenment movement in kabul.

1. Role of new media technology in Launching enlightenment
movement in Afghanistan and Government crisis
Fardin Ayar
fardin.ayar2020@gmail.com
fardinayar@sjtu.edu.cn

2. Contents
1 lighting movement advent
2 Lighting Movement purpose
3 Civil Protesters and government crisis
4 Role of Modern Technologies in the launched Movement
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Lighting movement Leaders and negotiation with government

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6 Challenging the state of government and make crisis
7 lighting movement media coverage
8 The main deference between lighting movement & other protest
9 Government performance
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finding and conclusion

4. ▪ The lighting movement opposed the
change of 500KV of Turkmenistan
from Salang district to the central
Bamyan province.
▪ The lighting movement considered
this decision to be discriminatory
and invited people to the streets by
using modern technology and social
media.
The advent of the lighting movement

5. 1. Providing social justice
2. Mobilize people through Twitter and Facebook.
3. Not to say about nationalism by the government
4. Stand against ethnicity deprivation
5. Getting Light
Lighting movement Target
picture

6. ▪ The lighting movement consisted of political parties,
parliamentarians, academics Character, university students and
civil society activists, mainly the Hazara civil teams.
Lighting movement Members

7. Lighting Movement message
The lighting movement message was bright.
▪ TUTAP electricity project going to its main way (Bamyan
province) to Kabul and southern provinces.

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▪ When the Afghanistan cabinet approved his decide to change
TUTAP project from Bamyan to Salang way.
▪ The movement continued other series of the protests in Kabul
and some
other provinces.
The government decision to change the electricity line

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Lighting movement protests

10. ▪ At the first protest all Hazara leaders supported the movement and appeared
alongside the protesters.
▪ The second round of the lighting movement was the largest protest in
contemporary Afghanistan, faced with Daish suicide attack.
▪ In the attack, 86 people were killed and more than 400 were injured.
Lighting Movement Civil Protesters

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Lighting movement Leaders
▪ After the first protest The leaders of Lighting
movement divided into two categories:
Young leaders Traditional leaders

12. Lighting movement protests outside Afghanistan
▪ Lighting protests continued among
Afghan immigrants outside the
country and launched similar
protests in Australia, America,
Canada, Landan, Germany and some
other European countries.

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▪ Traditional leaders preferred to negotiate with the government
instead of continuing the confrontation.
▪ The government initiated an inquiry into the way of the
electricity transmission line, traditional leaders negotiated with
these commissions, and some of them approved the 220-kilovolt
line in Bamyan.
▪ But the movement young leaders not accepted this decision and
continue to the protests.
Negotiating with the government
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Lighting movement protests
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Challenging the state internationally
▪ This movement challenged the Afghan government
leaders at the international level in the most important
conference.
Russia investigative research organization in Landon

16. Protest against president Ghani

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The lighting movement message tools was popular.
▪ new media technology, virtual networks specially twitter and
Facebook.
Messaging tools

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lighting movement media coverage
▪ While media coverage of the
movement activities in the
Afghan media was limited by
the government.
▪ Members of the movement
define their presence on social
networks and using smart
media technology.
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Role of technology and smart phones
▪ Launching several campaigns
on Twitter and Facebook to
increased pressure on the
government.
▪ Using smartphones, social
networks and focusing on the
#Hashtag from inside and
outside of Afghanistan.

20. ▪ At first session, the most important role was played by
Facebook, Twitter.
▪ Facebook played an important role in providing instant
information, helping the injured, and gathering again.
Role of Facebook and tweeter

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main difference Lightening movement and other protests
▪ this initiative has been a good example for history of Afghanistan
civilian struggles and was used in subsequent moves.
Women protest distributed flowers to security forces.
Collecting waste streams during the protest

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Role of Modern Technologies in government crisis
• The mobilization of the people by using
modern communication technologies,
make deep crisis for government.
• The government, with the understanding
of the crisis, had been struggling from the
start to seize public opinion in virtual
networks and create fake groups and fake
IDs, cyberspace from conquering fans
Move the light and end the crisis.

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Media silence and censorship
▪ Most of the media keep silently,
as if nothing had happened.
▪ Some media broadcasting their
regular programs.
▪ Some private media cannot
covered the lighting movement
events.
sign of the censorship.
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Afghanistan constitution and protest law
▪ Based on 34 article of Afghanistan constitution, every Afghan has the right
to express thoughts, opinions and views, news and reports through speech
or press, radio broadcasts and television.
▪ According to the 36 article of the same law, ensuring the security of
demonstrations and participator is considered by the government.

26. Problems of Virtual Movement and Creation of a Crisis
• Discontinuity of individual and team members.
• Lack of understanding of the government intention to
suppress protesters.
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• Lack of capacity for the purpose of differentiating the
impact of social media on mobilizing people.
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• Killed and injured more than 500 people in one day.
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27. Virtual Challenges
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Not having a different strategy for different social networks.
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Pay attention to Twitter and Facebook, forget other social media.
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Hiding creative ideas in the field of mobilization.
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Excessive joy for an unlimited victory and sorrow for a defeat.
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Early changes in the goals set by the movement.

28. Virtual Challenges
1 Change without leading to the desired goal
2 Lack of research and analysis of the effects of virtual movements

29. ▪ Media censorship
▪ Created more than 1000 fake ID in
Facebook and Twitter
▪ Not allowed media to cover the events
▪ closed the road and way
▪ Suppression of the Lighting movement
members
▪ Reject their demands
▪ Unjustified demands of the movement
▪ No respect of democracy
Government performance

30. Discussion and conclusion
• Organizing a change of 500 kilometer TUTAP electricity project transmission, in contrast to
the initial survey of the German Fighter Company, from Bamyan to Salang.
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• The use of new media technology and use of Facebook and twitter #Hashtag undermined
the foundations of the Afghanistan government and drove the government into a deep
crisis.
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• For the first time, using the new media technology and social networks for mobilization in
Afghanistan .
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31. Problems of Virtual Movement and Creation of a Crisis
• The presence of protesters killed and injured more
than 500 people
• The government lost its credibility at the
international level.
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• Media censorship was imposed for three days.
• Commuting in many parts of Kabul city was stopped.
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32. Q. A

33. Thanks for attention