The Taliban have again started wreaking havoc in Afghanistan. With the withdrawal of US forces, the Taliban have recaptured many areas. The Taliban have also implemented their rules and regulations in these areas. Women have been given strict instructions not to leave the house alone. At the same time, men have been compulsorily asked not to cut beards.
The Taliban claimed to have captured more than 140 of Afghanistan’s 419 districts. The Taliban have imposed new rules in the districts they hold, including the northeastern province of Takhar. Ariana News of Afghanistan has given this report quoting social activist Merajuddin Sharif.
Social activist Merajuddin Sharif told that the Taliban have also made new rules on giving dowry for girls. The Taliban have started trial without evidence. Schools, clinics etc. have been closed. The prices of everyday essentials have also been increased.
More than 50 thousand Afghan citizens want to leave the country. There are plans for other Afghans to take refuge in neighboring countries, including translators helping the US military. America is helping in this. Talks are going on with three countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Meanwhile, foreign troops are being withdrawn from Afghanistan. In this episode, the US military has abandoned Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years, once the war to overthrow the Taliban and the capture of al-Qaeda conspirators responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. was the center of the army.
Officials said the airfield has been completely handed over to the ‘Afghan National Security and Defense Force’. One official said the powers and capabilities to defend the forces still rest with the top US commander in Afghanistan, General Austin S. Miller. “The entire coalition forces have left Bagram,” the officer said on condition of anonymity. However, he did not say when the soldiers left the base, located 50 km north of Kabul.
Along with this, the official also did not say clearly when the base would be officially handed over to the Afghan army. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior Afghan official told AFP news agency, “We have not yet received any information about the official handing over of the base to the Afghan army.” After the last two decades of war in Afghanistan, soldiers of America and NATO countries are going back from here. The US has set its deadline for September 11.
