Taliban Who is the Taliban, why is the world so in awe of their capture of Kabul With the capture of the capital Kabul by the Taliban, the c...
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Who is the Taliban, why is the world so in awe of their capture of Kabul With the capture of the capital Kabul by the Taliban, the control of the Taliban has been confirmed over the power of the whole of Afghanistan? Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and top leaders and officials of his administration have left the country. Taliban fighters continue to capture key places in Kabul. With this, the world is giving slogans of Save Afghanistan by remembering the barbaric rule of the Taliban 20 years ago. After all, who are these Taliban people, and why are they so afraid?
The whole world kept watching in silence and Afghanistan completely went into the hands of the Taliban.
On Sunday morning, Taliban men suddenly laid siege to Kabul and the Afghan government and army were seen surrendering without a fight. Meanwhile, the whole world also saw the picture of a helicopter carrying American diplomats from Kabul in a hurry.
Taliban fighters armed with machine guns and rocket launchers continued to surround the city of Kabul. The Taliban took control of Bagram Airbase, Bagram Jail, the entry gate of Kabul city, and several important buildings in the vicinity were captured by Taliban fighters one by one and by the evening news of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani leaving the country also came.
Went. After this, the Taliban spokesman announced that our fighters are going to enter the city and take care of law and order and police posts. Although the Taliban assured security to the army and civilians that no one would be retaliated, there was a line of people running out of Kabul. Heavy traffic jams were seen on the roads leading out of the city. People were seen fleeing the city instead of staying under Taliban rule.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul for transfer of power
Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar reached Kabul from Doha as soon as the Afghan government and army surrendered. He directly reached Rashtrapati Bhavan and talked to Afghan President Ghani about the transfer of power. Shortly after this, there was news of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani leaving the country. According to reports, Ashraf Ghani and his chief advisors went to the neighboring country of Tajikistan. Cars running away from Kabul were seen running in large numbers towards the borders of Tajikistan, Iran, and other neighboring countries. People who saw the barbaric and medieval rule of the Taliban 20 years ago just want to take shelter anywhere.
Chaos in Kabul
I will never, ever & under no circumstances bow to d Talib terrorists. I will never betray d soul & legacy of my hero Ahmad Shah Masoud, the commander, the legend & the guide. I won't dis-appoint millions who listened to me. I will never be under one ceiling with Taliban. NEVER.
— Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) August 15, 2021
The people of President Ashraf Ghani may have fled leaving the country in the middle, but for the people of the army, air force, living under the rule of the Taliban is nothing less than a game of death. Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who took the lead against the Taliban, tweeted that working with the Taliban is not possible under any circumstances.
At the same time, Air Force pilot Major Rahman Rahmani said that even if the people of the Taliban do not oppress the people of the army and the police, then after six months they will go from house to house and kill those who fought against them, along with their women and daughters. Will be brutal. Instead of surrendering in front of them, it is better to give life. A video of Afghan female filmmaker Sahra Karimi went live on social media in which she was seen leaving Kabul after the entry of the Taliban and pleading for the world to save the Afghan people.Taliban surrounded Kabul, I were to bank to get some money, they closed and evacuated;
— Sahraa Karimi/ صØرا كريمي (@sahraakarimi) August 15, 2021
I still cannot believe this happened, who did happen.
Please pray for us, I am calling again:
Hey ppl of the this big world, please do not be silent , they are coming to kill us. pic.twitter.com/wIytLL3ZNu
How did Afghanistan's troubles begin?
History hardly turns the pages of time in the fate of any country in such a strange way as the mountainous and rocky land of Afghanistan has seen. Afghanistan, which was once moving towards modernity under the regime of Zahir Shah, backed by Russia, has also seen the medieval rule of the Taliban in the 1990s. After this, after the 9/11 attacks, American and NATO countries were liberated from Taliban rule, and in twenty years, the country was learning to stand on its feet that the Taliban raised its head again. In April 2021, the US announced that its troops would return by September, after which the Taliban intensified the attack and today the result is in front of everyone.
Wherever the Taliban took control, the same Sharia law, punishment for whipping, slaughtering on the streets and growing beards, listening to music, and restrictions on women returned to the era of medieval decrees. The whole country is now again under the control of the Taliban and people are forced to leave their homes again and again out of fear and flee to neighboring countries.
Who is the Taliban? What is its strength?
The Taliban emerged in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s following the withdrawal of Russian troops from Afghanistan. Taliban in the Pashto language means students, especially students who are inspired by radical Islamic religious teachings. It is said that the fundamentalist Sunni Islamic scholars had established their foundation in Pakistan with the help of religious institutions. The Devvandi ideology has a complete influence on the Taliban. Financial aid coming from Saudi Arabia was considered responsible for raising the Taliban. Initially, the Taliban declared that their aim was to eliminate foreign rule from Islamic areas, establish Sharia law and an Islamic state.
Victim of Russia-US Cold War!
Initially, US support was believed to be behind the Taliban to end Russian influence in Afghanistan, but the 9/11 attacks made the US feel the heat of radical ideology and it itself went to war against it. But after big cities like Kabul-Kandahar, American and Allied forces have not been successful even in the last 20 years in eliminating the Taliban from the mountainous and tribal areas. Especially in the areas adjacent to Pakistan, Pakistani support to the Taliban kept alive and today with the withdrawal of American troops, the Taliban again raised their head and rapidly took over the whole of Afghanistan.
Who is the leader of the Taliban?
The Taliban is an organization of tribal fighters inspired by hardline religious views. Most of its fighters and commanders are clerics and chiefs of tribal groups, educated in hardline religious organizations based in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas. They have only one purpose as declared, to eliminate the influence of Western countries from the rule and to establish Islamic Sharia law in the country. Maulvi Hibtullah Akhunzada has been the chief of the Taliban since the death of Mullah Omar first and then Mullah Mukhtar Mansour in 2016 in a US drone strike.
He is the supreme commander of the Taliban's political, religious, and military affairs. Hibtollah Akhunzada ran a seminary in Kandahar and issued fatwas in favor of the Taliban's war actions. He was also the head of the courts during the Taliban rule in Afghanistan before 2001. During that period, the Taliban also started participating in talks for a political solution from Doha to many foreign locations.
Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who arrived in Kabul to negotiate the transfer of power, is the second rank in the Taliban and is the most likely to become the President of Afghanistan. He is the political head of the Taliban and has been involved in talks on behalf of the Taliban on Afghanistan in Doha. It was one of the four founding members of the Taliban formed in 1994 and has been an ally of founder Mullah Omar. It has commanded many battles.
How did the Taliban become so strong after 20 years?
In the US and Allied forces operations that began in 2001, the Taliban were pushed to the mountainous areas only, but after the attack on the NATO base in 2012, the rise of the Taliban started again. In 2015, the Taliban captured the strategically important area of Kunduz and signaled a return. This was a time when the demand for the withdrawal of forces in America was gaining momentum. America's interest in Afghanistan waned and the Taliban grew stronger. Along with this, with the help of Pakistani terrorist organizations, the Pakistan Army, and ISI intelligence, the Taliban strengthened their base in the areas adjacent to the Pakistan border.
In 2020, as part of its efforts to return from Afghanistan, the US started peace talks with the Taliban and several rounds of talks were also held in Doha. On the one hand, the Taliban took the path of direct talks, and on the other hand, instead of attacking big cities and military bases, started working on the strategy of capturing small areas. After Biden's announcement of the withdrawal of US forces in April 2021, the Taliban opened up and the Taliban, with 90,000 fighters, forced the surrender of more than 300,000 Afghan forces. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, his key allies, key adversary commander Abdul Rashid Dostum fighting the Taliban, and several warlords have taken refuge in Tajikistan and Iran.
The same fear among the common people of Afghanistan!
With the capture of the Taliban, there has been chaos in Kabul. People are running away from the city. To know why there is fear among people about the Taliban returning to power after 20 years, one has to go back 23 years. In 1998, when the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, and started ruling the country, many decrees were issued. Sharia law was implemented all over the country and the people who did not obey were publicly punished. Opponents began to be hanged at the intersections. In cases related to murder and sexual offenses, the accused started being killed on the street. Sights like cutting off body parts of people caught on charges of stealing, whipping people became common on the streets.
It was made mandatory for men to have a long beard and for women to wear a burqa and cover the whole body. The windows of the houses were painted black. TV, music, and movies were banned. Girls above 10 years of age were banned from going to school. The Taliban also showed religious fanaticism to the world by destroying the historic Buddha statue in Bamiyan. There were three countries that recognized this regime of Taliban - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.
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The world kept watching as a mute spectator!
The main strength of the Taliban is the hardline religious institutions, madrassas which are supporting their idea. This is where Taliban fighters prepare.
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