Acceptance: Taliban Fighters deployed checkpoints around Kabul airport on Thursday as concerns arose that they were preventing Afghans from accessing evacuation flights, with the United States demanding a safe passage.
Tens of thousands of people tried to flee Afghanistan since hardline Islamist extremists broke into the capital on Sunday, completing a surprise defeat by government forces and ending two decades of war.
Taliban leaders have repeatedly vowed not to take revenge on their opponents in recent days, while seeking to project an image of tolerance.
He has also portrayed the rising political authority, with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar returning from exile and other senior figures meeting former President Hamid Karzai.
But the United States said on Wednesday that the Taliban are reneging on promises to allow Afghans working with the United States and its allies out of the country.
“We have seen reports that the Taliban, contrary to their public statements and their commitments to our government, are blocking Afghans who wish to leave the country,” the deputy secretary of state said. State Wendy Sherman told reporters.
“We hope that they will allow all US citizens, all third country citizens and all Afghans to do so safely and without harassment.”
– Desperate to let go – Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday that the new regime would be “positively different” from his 1996-2001 term.
His regime was then infamous for its overly strict interpretation of Sharia law, including death by stoning, banning girls from school and prohibiting women from working in contact with men.
The United States eventually led the invasion of Afghanistan to topple the Taliban as they continued to provide sanctuary for al Qaeda After the September 11 attacks.
A 30-year-old man working for a foreign NGO tried to reach Kabul airport on Wednesday but was unsuccessful, “I am desperate to leave, I have bad memories of his regime.” AFP.
“They hate people who have worked for other agencies instead of their movement.”
The man heard gunshots and a crowd of people trying to reach the airport.
“Despite that (shooting) people were moving forward just because they knew that a worse situation than death was waiting for them outside the airport.”
The United States said it has airlifted about 5,000 US citizens and Afghans, while France, Britain and other countries have also organized evacuation flights.
But the Taliban is not the only one to blame for the Afghans being unable to escape.
The Netherlands said on Wednesday that its first evacuation flight returned without a single Dutch or Afghan national after US troops barred them from entering the airport.
Earlier in the week, before the US military took more control of the airport, there were scenes of tragic desperation with crowds of people trying to board the planes.
Some footage showed hundreds of people running side by side us Air Force As the plane rolled down the runway, something stuck to its side.
A man was later found dead in the well of the wheel of the aircraft.
– Political Right – President Joe Biden – under pressure at home and abroad to deal with the withdrawal of US forces after 20 years of war – said on Wednesday that some troops were ahead of the August 31 deadline to evacuate all Americans can stay.
in an interview with ABC News, Biden also issued another defense of the comeback.
Biden said in an ABC News television interview, “The idea that there is somehow a way out without the chaos, I don’t know how.”
On the political front, the Taliban continued to move towards establishing a government, meeting senior Afghan figures for the past two decades.
Taliban negotiator Anas Haqqani met with Karzai, Afghanistan’s first Western-backed leader since the Taliban’s expulsion in 2001, and Abdullah Abdullah, who headed the government’s peace council. venue the monitoring group said.
In the United Arab Emirates, ousted President Ashraf Ghani – who fled on Sunday as rebels locked down the capital – said he supported talks between the Taliban and former top officials, and was in their talks to return home .
But Sherman said Ghani was “no longer a person” on the country’s complex political stage.
Tens of thousands of people tried to flee Afghanistan since hardline Islamist extremists broke into the capital on Sunday, completing a surprise defeat by government forces and ending two decades of war.
Taliban leaders have repeatedly vowed not to take revenge on their opponents in recent days, while seeking to project an image of tolerance.
He has also portrayed the rising political authority, with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar returning from exile and other senior figures meeting former President Hamid Karzai.
But the United States said on Wednesday that the Taliban are reneging on promises to allow Afghans working with the United States and its allies out of the country.
“We have seen reports that the Taliban, contrary to their public statements and their commitments to our government, are blocking Afghans who wish to leave the country,” the deputy secretary of state said. State Wendy Sherman told reporters.
“We hope that they will allow all US citizens, all third country citizens and all Afghans to do so safely and without harassment.”
– Desperate to let go – Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday that the new regime would be “positively different” from his 1996-2001 term.
His regime was then infamous for its overly strict interpretation of Sharia law, including death by stoning, banning girls from school and prohibiting women from working in contact with men.
The United States eventually led the invasion of Afghanistan to topple the Taliban as they continued to provide sanctuary for al Qaeda After the September 11 attacks.
A 30-year-old man working for a foreign NGO tried to reach Kabul airport on Wednesday but was unsuccessful, “I am desperate to leave, I have bad memories of his regime.” AFP.
“They hate people who have worked for other agencies instead of their movement.”
The man heard gunshots and a crowd of people trying to reach the airport.
“Despite that (shooting) people were moving forward just because they knew that a worse situation than death was waiting for them outside the airport.”
The United States said it has airlifted about 5,000 US citizens and Afghans, while France, Britain and other countries have also organized evacuation flights.
But the Taliban is not the only one to blame for the Afghans being unable to escape.
The Netherlands said on Wednesday that its first evacuation flight returned without a single Dutch or Afghan national after US troops barred them from entering the airport.
Earlier in the week, before the US military took more control of the airport, there were scenes of tragic desperation with crowds of people trying to board the planes.
Some footage showed hundreds of people running side by side us Air Force As the plane rolled down the runway, something stuck to its side.
A man was later found dead in the well of the wheel of the aircraft.
– Political Right – President Joe Biden – under pressure at home and abroad to deal with the withdrawal of US forces after 20 years of war – said on Wednesday that some troops were ahead of the August 31 deadline to evacuate all Americans can stay.
in an interview with ABC News, Biden also issued another defense of the comeback.
Biden said in an ABC News television interview, “The idea that there is somehow a way out without the chaos, I don’t know how.”
On the political front, the Taliban continued to move towards establishing a government, meeting senior Afghan figures for the past two decades.
Taliban negotiator Anas Haqqani met with Karzai, Afghanistan’s first Western-backed leader since the Taliban’s expulsion in 2001, and Abdullah Abdullah, who headed the government’s peace council. venue the monitoring group said.
In the United Arab Emirates, ousted President Ashraf Ghani – who fled on Sunday as rebels locked down the capital – said he supported talks between the Taliban and former top officials, and was in their talks to return home .
But Sherman said Ghani was “no longer a person” on the country’s complex political stage.
.