(Kabul) The Taliban opened fire in the air in Kabul on Tuesday, disbanding new protests condemning their violent repression, especially in Panjir, after warning that they would not pose any challenge to their power the previous day.
The protests come as the Taliban, which returned to power on August 15 following the withdrawal of US forces, are preparing to unveil an interim government body responsible for stabilizing the country and restoring the affected economy.
Hundreds of Afghans marched in the morning in at least two districts of Kabul, accusing Pakistan of interfering and trying to control the country through the Taliban, in addition to the Panchir situation.
They were quickly disbanded by gunfire from the Taliban stationed there. The protesters said several journalists were arrested, harassed or their equipment confiscated by these militants.
Many of the protesters were women, who feared the Taliban would exclude them from public life from 1996 to 2001 under their previous regime.
The women also protested in Masar-i-Sharif (north) the previous day and in Herat (west) last week.
Hundreds of protesters, mostly women, gathered in front of the Pakistani embassy, chanting “We do not want a government backed by Pakistan” and “Pakistan must leave Afghanistan.”
Afghan women want their country to be independent and rebuilt. We are tired, ”one protester, Sarah Fahim, told AFP.
“How much time? ”
Originally from Kabiza province in northeastern Kabul, he, like other protesters, condemned the Taliban’s violent repression in neighboring Panjir, calling for their protest after they suddenly came to power. He was shot dead by the Taliban on Monday, killing several of his military leaders.
For meMe Fahim said the crackdown was planned by Pakistan, and its powerful military intelligence chief, Faisal Hamid, was in Kabul this weekend, where he spoke with Taliban officials.
“We’re tired of waiting at the airport,” M saidMe Fahim notes the tumultuous and tense days after August 15, when tens of thousands of Afghans besieged Kabul airport as they sought to leave the Taliban.
“How long will this last, and when will our voices be heard?” Why is the international community silent on the killing of so many people? She added.
Ahmed Masood, the leader of the National Opposition Front (FNR) and its leader Ahmed Masood, was assassinated in 2001 by al-Qaeda, the son of prominent commander Ahmed Shah Masood, in a long-running insurgency against the Taliban in Panjir.
Ahmed Masood, who said the FNR would maintain “strategic positions” in the Valley and “continue the struggle,” did not know if he was still there, and called on every Afghan to “stand up for independence, freedom and prosperity.” Of the country.
Taliban spokesman Jabihullah Mujahid issued a strong warning on Monday after the victory in Panjir was announced. “Anyone who tries to create an insurgency will be severely repressed. We will not allow it,” he warned.
Very fragmented country
The Taliban are manipulating a grand plan to consolidate their power and economic recovery and then announce an evolutionary government, which can then be formed, he said.
In a country geographically and ethnically divided, they promised to form an open government for groups other than themselves, but not to include women in it.
The Taliban are expected by the international community to return to power 20 years after being ousted by a US-led coalition. They are committed to respecting the rights of women when they are in power for the first time. But these promises are hard to believe.
This week they took a step forward by allowing women to continue their studies at the university, which they had previously banned. But female students must wear a black abaya, wear a niqab that covers the face other than the eyes, and study in same-sex classes or be separated from men by a curtain.
During an official visit to Qatar, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkan said on Tuesday that the Taliban had promised to allow Afghanistan to travel “freely with travel documents”.
“We will wait for them on this issue,” he added. “The entire international community is waiting for the Taliban to respect this commitment.”
The administration of President Joe Biden is under pressure amid occasional confusing reports of hundreds of people, including Americans stranded at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport in northern Afghanistan.
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