Taliban quash protests and seize enemies, tightening grip on Afghanistan

INTERNATIONAL DESK: The Taliban cracked down on protests in at least four cities in Afghanistan on Thursday, with horrific workers staying home and thousands of people continuing their enthusiastic rush to leave the country, despite promises of amnesty. Nevertheless, he rounded up the opponent.

Hundreds of protesters, even when the Taliban moved to claim control I took you to the street The second day gathered against their rule, this time marching in the capital Kabul and other cities. Again, the Taliban met them with all their might, using shooting and beatings to disperse the crowd. And again, the actions of the Taliban infantry undermined the leader’s suggestion that once they came to power, they would mitigate the long-known atrocities.

Police officers who served the old government were disbanded, and instead armed Taliban fighters operated checkpoints, guided traffic, and managed their notion of justice as appropriate.

According to security assessments prepared for witnesses and the United Nations, the Taliban has stepped up an intensive search of US and NATO troops, especially those who worked with members of the former Afghan security forces. The Taliban say there is no retaliation, but reports of arrests, property seizures, and retaliation killings are scattered.

Kabul’s international airport remained a desperate scene as thousands of people struggled to get on and off.

Despite the Taliban demanding them to return to work, millions of other Afghans, including important workers, especially women, were women enacted by militants when they ruled from 1996 to 2001. Hidden in their homes for fear of either retaliation or severe crackdowns. Services such as electricity, sanitation, water and healthcare may soon be affected.

The Taliban seized control of the city at an alarming rate as most US troops withdrew, ousted the depressed and confused Afghan security forces and rushed to Kabul on Sunday. Now they are learning that conquest may have been quick, but governing a vibrant and free society is not so easy.

The anti-Taliban protest was a prominent indication of the rebellion of a long-established group that dominated the community through horror and met dissenting opinions with deadly force. Protests also have tens of thousands now calling for an escape, while some of the left-behind have a say in the direction of the country, at least for now, despite ongoing crackdowns. Provided evidence that he was trying to do it.

News reports that several people were killed in the eastern city of Asadabad when Taliban fighters fired at a rally of exiled government flags on Thursday, independence from the United Kingdom in 1919. Marked the annual celebration of Afghanistan won. Victims were shot or died in stampede.

There were also flag-waving demonstrators in Kandahar, the southern city of the Taliban’s birthplace. In the southeastern city of Khost, the group imposed a curfew the day after the demonstration and clash. Protests in Kabul on Thursday included protests near the presidential residence and a gathering of about 200 people before the Taliban used force to dismantle it.

The event, led primarily by young men and women, was a whole new experience for the Taliban rebels, who spent the last two decades primarily in the mountainous and rural areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

When the Taliban finally came to power, Kabul was a dingy ruin, its population crushed by poverty and harsh rule, and isolated from the world before it was overthrown by a US-led aggression in 2001. But as the war lingered, a new generation of educated, ambitious, media-savvy Afghans grew up in the city. Young people, including women, were accustomed to listening to their opinions.

Taliban leaders are discussing the establishment of an inclusive governing council with former exiled government leaders, but on Thursday they Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — The same name they used a generation ago.

The tricolor flag, which was blown by the collapsed government, withdrawn by the Taliban and replaced by their own flag, became a recurring flash point, with people in multiple cities being beaten to display it. On Wednesday, the Taliban fired on flag-waving demonstrators in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing a few people.

“We raise the national flag and pay tribute to the country and those who represent the dignity of the country,” Amurula Surrey, the former administration’s vice president who declared acting president, wrote on Twitter. Saleh met with local leaders in the Panjshir Valley in northeastern Afghanistan, who controlled a group of fighters and so far refused to grant control of the Taliban.

One of Kandahar’s protesters, Nurael Kaliwar, tweeted Thursday. “Our demand is that Afghan governments, systems and groups do not change the Afghan flag.” He supported the country’s democratic regime and was detained in the Taliban for his activities in July. He added that he was moving around to avoid arrest.

In Kabul, Hasiba Atakpal, a journalist on Afghan news channel Tolo News, said Taliban soldiers stopped her coverage on the streets. “They grabbed the camera from me, hit my colleague, and fired in the air.” She said on twitter..

She said she didn’t expect much to come when he claimed that media and women’s rights would be respected after the first Taliban spokesman’s press conference on Tuesday. Added.

(The New York Times)