Hundreds of Taliban fighters took to Kabul’s streets on Monday to celebrate their first anniversary of Afghan, driving an open pick-up truck, holding an automatic weapon and raising the white and black flags of their group. The Taliban regime marked the opportunity with a calm victory speech by senior leaders in the state media auditorium in the high security green zone, close to the Indian embassy. But some civilians, both on the streets or indoors, take part in the celebration – and there are no women at all. However, a small group of women reportedly met in secret in a house in Kabul to mark their protests, and promised to continue their resistance to the Taliban. A statement by the group, swamp (Afghan Women’s Revolutionary Association), condemned the Taliban for being anti-women and blamed the US for the surrender of power that was “planned” last year.
On the streets, the fighters gathered throughout the day at the prominent roundabout in Kabul called Ahmad Shah Massoud, whose northern alliance was the main resistance to the Taliban in the 1990s before he was killed by the Al Qaeda suicide bomber for two days in front of The 9 of The 9 / The 9 / The 9 / 11 attacks in the US. “We defeated America, and we won our independence. That’s what we celebrate here, “said Abdul Qahar Agha Jan, from Laghman Province, South Kabul. He said he worked at the Ministry of Defense. He said the decision to gather at Massoud Circle, close to the US Embassy, was a message that the Taliban now ruled Afghanistan. “We are in power. This place belongs to all Afghanists. We also want to tell other mujahideen and family member Ahmad Shah Massoud that they come here and live with us peacefully, “said Agha Jan.
Some fighters hold the Patriarch poster of the Haqqani group, Jalaluddin Haqqani, who died in 2018. A middle-aged Talib delivered a speech that condemned the recent US drone strike in Kabul to kill Ayman Al Zawahiri, and stated that America was “lying” that they Has eliminated the Al Qaeda leader. One Taliban group behind the sand-colored Toyota pick-up wearing US Army uniforms with American military equipment-Equipment of Night Vision, Glasses, Sand Face Masks, and M4 automatic carbine. When religious songs explode from the portable public address system, Talib holds the M4 said the weapon has been abandoned by “AMREEKI” while the others hold the Soviet era weapons, bragging that it is “working very well”.
Across the roundabout is a large concrete security wall around the government ministry, painted with the slogans -the slogans originating from last year’s Taliban victory. “Freedom as beautiful as spring,” said a slogan. “People are ours, and we come from people,” another reading. Many Taliban fighters also gathered at Wazir Mohammed Akbar Khan Hill, a few kilometers from the roundabout, anticipating the formal flag above. With a song that praised jihad in the background, they did a “wish” (traditional Pashtun dance) around the flagpole where the flag of the Republic of Afghanistan given by India had flown until the collapse of the Republic last year.
Asked why no woman participated, a Talib said, “They have their own jobs to do”; Others say “it is not permitted under sharia”; And, the third convinced that “you will see women next year”. In the afternoon, all the paths to the Afghan-owned Radio Television Auditorium, where children sang songs to praise Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban who died in 2013, with lines on how peace had returned to Afghanistan. VIP talks about government achievements. The road to the green zone is jammed by vehicle, including Toyota Prados who is not marked in transporting Taliban leaders to the function. But the top leadership does not exist, including Sirajuddin Haqqani.
Putra Mullah Omar, Mullah Yaqoub, who heads the Ministry of Defense, said the Taliban has restored security in the country. “Those who planned the rebellion would be punished, and their plans were defeated,” he said. “We must evaluate our performance this year and ask ourselves whether it is enough or not,” he said, adding that international recognition, sanctions and blacklisted were not a problem. “Our efforts must be directed to serve this country and make progress,” he said.
Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is responsible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Afghanistan wanted good relations with all countries. He said the Taliban foreign policy was directed to maintain balance in the region. “We don’t want to get into trouble with anyone. We have satisfied all countries that we will not allow Afghan land to be used against anyone, “he said. Although that day was declared an official holiday, most of the Kabul residents seemed to have decided not to come out, making this a special celebration of the Taliban. In a secret protest by the swamp, the participants reportedly promised that their voices would not be immersed by shots – references for air shooting carried out by the Taliban on Saturday to dissolve protests by women who demanded “work, bread, and education”.
In a statement, Rawa stated that Afghan women would continue to fight. “It is easy to predict that women and girls will be the main victims of this savage rules and face destroying and inhuman oppression in all fields of life. However, women in our country prove that there is no power that can impose their reactionary ideology or hold them in their homes, “he said. “Afghan women make history by raising the flag of struggle against the Taliban and for freedom and justice. Since the first days of the Taliban takeover, these women have protested on the streets without fear of weapons or whiplash; They are suppressed, threatened, and humiliated, but bravely continue their battle, “said Rawa. It is said that the “inquisition -based government” is “very reactionary, hated, and brutal” so that no country is officially recognized, “even their supporters and customers”. It criticized the US because of “claims that they were surprised” by the fall of Kabul and the escape of President Ashraf Ghani – and to support the Taliban regime by providing financial assistance.
“We have full confidence in this great struggle and extraordinary potential hidden in our Afghan women, and we warmly shake the hands of every power to search for justice and individuals in this important battle for Afghanistan and their people and to continue to lift the banner of the struggle from the struggle against the fundamentalism Taliban and Jihadi, “said the statement.
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