FTo Islamist standards, their way of showing since the conquest of Kabul is almost a charm offensive. The Afghans are promised to be safe on the streets.this Taliban There is nothing terrible about declaring that soldiers and government employees are the same as former local staff of foreign troops or international organizations.
The Taliban “will not try to retaliate against anyone,” their spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said at the first press conference in Kabul on Tuesday. It said that women’s right to education is protected and they can even work for the government. For advertising purposes, a Taliban leader asked a woman to interview her on TV.
The Taliban will realize that they will not use this information to convince the modern, free urban population. On the one hand, it is more likely to show the golden mean to the outside world. On the other hand, the Taliban may be surprised by their speed of conquest, hoping to keep the people calm and keep them safe when they complete the takeover.
First protest against Islamists
However, the surface of peace and order began to crack more and more within a week. For example, in Kabul and several other cities, initial dissatisfaction with Islamists has become public. People took to the streets carrying the flags of the Republic of Afghanistan. An expression of national pride, but more like a statement to the Taliban. The Taliban have always made it clear that they do not value democracy and removed the Afghan flag after the invasion. Several people were killed when the Taliban suppressed protesters in the eastern cities of Jalalabad and Asadabad.
At the same time, more and more reports have revealed that anyone promised by the Taliban need not be afraid of their promises, which may have been correct from the beginning: lies and deceptions. Broadcasting company Tolo reported on Friday that government employees disappeared after the Taliban came to power. The video circulated on social networks and allegedly showed that the Chief of Police of Badghis was executed; it is not clear whether the recording is true.
List of former government employees
Amnesty International accused the Taliban of torturing and killing nine Hazara groups in Ghazni Province in early July. However, this is only a “small fraction” of the death toll caused by Islamists during the military advancement, the human rights organization wrote.
According to a confidential UN report written by the think tank Norwegian Center for Global Analysis (RHIPTO) and cited by many media, Islamists have drawn up a list of senior government officials. “The Taliban are stepping up their pursuit of all individuals and employees of the previous regime. If they are unsuccessful, they will target families, arrest them and punish them based on their own interpretation of Sharia law,” the report, dated Wednesday, concluded. stand up. The name of the list was compiled before the Taliban conquered the big cities, and the place of residence was marked on the map.
Local employees are the target on the way to the airport
Therefore, all those who hold important positions in the military, police, and investigation departments are particularly at risk. The RHIPTO report cited as evidence a letter written by the Taliban on Monday to an alleged former employee of a counter-terrorism agency. In it, the man who was subpoenaed threatened that if he did not show up, “your family will be arrested and you will be held responsible for it.”
According to the report, the Taliban are also intensively looking for “key personnel” at checkpoints, such as at the Kabul airport. They know that these Afghans are more likely to try to leave the country on one of the evacuation flights. They recruited informants, contacted merchants and mosques. There are also concerns that the Taliban can now access databases containing demographic information.
The reporter is in danger
The threat that reporters face from the new ruler is becoming clearer. Despite the country’s various shortcomings, until recently, the freedom of the press in Afghanistan was relatively large. At the same time, journalists are often targeted.
Afghan journalists and NGOs are now reporting on the attack: Media workers are said to have been beaten and harassed by the Taliban, and their homes were lootedDeutsche Welle publicized a blatant incident on Thursday: The Taliban shot and killed a family member of the man while looking for a reporter from a German foreign television station and severely injured another.
TV host Shabnam Dawran reported in a video posted on social networks that she was barred from returning to work at the national broadcaster RTA. According to media reports, other female journalists in Kabul were also ordered by the Taliban to stay at home until Islamists announced the rules for dealing with women in the workplace. A few days ago, there were reports that the Taliban were going door to door in the country asking people to go back to work.
