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8/22/21

Afghanistan: Taliban′s newly ′moderate′ claims fade in face of harsh reality

While Taliban officials insisted in press conferences and statements to media outlets that they will hold members of the militant group accountable for their actions and investigate reports of reprisals, evidence of violence and atrocities carried out by the group continued to emerge Saturday.

The Taliban said it is preparing to form a new government and will roll out those plans in the coming weeks. The earliest days of the group's return to the capital of Kabul have left many worried that even as the Taliban tries to strike a conciliatory tone, the group's actions belie the same ruthless barbarism that defined its time in power from 1999 to 2001.

Read more at: Afghanistan: Taliban′s newly ′moderate′ claims fade in face of harsh reality | News | DW | 21.08.2021

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