A sort ofTuesday afternoon, Taliban Officially its new face: Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson of the new ruler of Afghanistan, made his first public appearance at a press conference in Kabul. Many reporters reporting from the area have known for many years that Mujahid is an easily accessible contact. “New York Times” reporter Sharif Hassan wrote on Twitter that he was always “faster and more active than the entire speech team of Ghani (the fleeing president).” He often talked to him-but this was the first time he saw his face.
Other colleagues who had anything to do with the Mujahideen had never seen him. And now they couldn’t believe that the person sitting in front of them was the one who provided them with Taliban propaganda before. “Some of his texts are radical Islamic texts,” BBC TV reporter Yalda Hakim recalled in an interview. Just two weeks ago, he aggressively announced on Twitter that the Taliban had killed government spokesman Dawa Khan Menapar in an assassination attempt, and he is now sitting in his seat. She couldn’t believe Mujahid suddenly talked about reconciliation and amnesty, and he promised to protect women’s rights and freedom of the press “within the framework of Islamic law.” “He has been making bloodthirsty remarks for years, and is now suddenly a friend of peace? It’s hard to reconcile,” Hakim said.
The sight of the Taliban
Since the conquest of Kabul, the global public has sneered at the Taliban’s civilian demeanor. The leaders showed reconciliation in their statements and took time to take drastic measures against the media and social life. On the streets of Kabul, they acted as friendly law enforcement officers.The Taliban even set up a Whatsapp hotline, a complaint hotline, through which Kabul citizens can report incidents of violence and robbery-Part 2 Facebook The channel was blocked on Tuesday.
The video circulated on social media, showing the harmless side of terrorist fighters: Taliban jumping on trampolines and gyms in the Presidential Palace, Taliban on bumper cars and children’s carousels, Taliban eating ice cream. Kabul people who dared to take to the streets marveled at the bearded man like a new attraction and took selfies with the Taliban.
Criticism still exists, but the skirt is getting longer
Perhaps the most symbolic image was seen on the Tolo News channel on Tuesday morning: In a half-hour interview, the host Beheshta Arghand asked the Taliban spokesperson, “When they were in power for the last time 20 years ago The “unimaginable” constellation will be as written by Saad Mohseni, founder of Moby Group, the media company to which the station belongs. In an interview with the US news platform Politico, Mohseni reported on the surprisingly simple arrangement of the interview: “We asked her to be interviewed and (the spokesperson) agreed. He came in and we said that this reporter wants to interview you. He said yes, sit down and we conducted an interview. Very simply.”
The interview also surprised Arghand. She told the Australian newspaper: She was shocked and had to work hard to control her emotions. However, the fear of the possible consequences of the interview may not have eliminated what she said when the Taliban spokesperson said goodbye after the interview: “Don’t worry, my sister, everything will be fine.”
