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  • Videos of Taliban Men Taking Bumper Car Rides With Guns, Jumping on Trampoline at Kabul Amusement Park Go Viral Amid Afghanistan Crisis

    Videos of Taliban Men Taking Bumper Car Rides With Guns, Jumping on Trampoline at Kabul Amusement Park Go Viral Amid Afghanistan Crisis

    Several videos of Taliban men taking car rides holding guns and having fun at  Kabul Amusement Park in Afghanistan have gone viral on social media platforms. The country has now come under Taliban control after major cities including Kabul were captured on Sunday. Afghanistan Crisis: Up to Taliban To Reassure Neighbours Through Zero Tolerance for Terror, Says India.

    In the wake of the collapse of Kabul to the Taliban, people have been trying ways and means to flee from the country as soon as possible. Shops, markets and schools remained closed in Kabul as the Taliban overran the Afghan capital leading to widespread chaos across the city.

    WATCH: Videos of Taliban Men Enjoying in Kabul

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  • CNN Reporter Clarissa Ward Clarifies on Head Scarf Meme, Says ‘I Always Wore It in Kabul’

    CNN Reporter Clarissa Ward Clarifies on Head Scarf Meme, Says ‘I Always Wore It in Kabul’

    Clarissa Ward, the Chief International Correspondent of CNN, has denied that she started wearing a head scarf after the Taliban took over Kabul, Afghanistan. In a tweet, Clarissa Ward clarified that she would always wear head scarf in Kabul even when the Taliban were not in control. Her clarification came after two photos of her – one with headscarf and one without it – went viral.

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  • Afghanistan: Image of Man Covering Up Women’s Pictures Painted on Walls in Kabul Goes Viral on Twitter

    Afghanistan: Image of Man Covering Up Women’s Pictures Painted on Walls in Kabul Goes Viral on Twitter

    Kabul, August 15: Pictures on Twitter show the image of a man covering up pictures of women painted on a wall in Kabul. Young women in the city have been asking for help in recent days as the Taliban advanced towards Kabul, the BBC reported.

    Prior to 2002 when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, the militants practiced a version of Sharia law which included stoning for adultery, amputation of limbs for theft, and preventing girls from going to school beyond the age of 12. A Taliban official has just been quoted as saying that the decision on whether to impose punishments like this would be “up to the courts”.

    Reports from areas the Taliban have captured in recent days indicate that women are already not being allowed out of their homes without a male companion and that some female employees were told their jobs would now be carried out by men. Women in these areas are also being told to wear burkas. President Ashraf Ghani Flees Afghanistan As Taliban Enters Kabul: Reports.

    Earlier, a report said a Taliban spokesman has vowed that the militants will respect the rights of women, and the press, as it prepares for a transition of power from Afghanistan’s civilian government.

    Sunday’s statements by the Taliban appear to be aimed at quelling global concern. The spokesman said that women would be allowed to leave their houses alone and would continue to have access to education and work. Taliban Sweeps Afghanistan: From Ashraf Ghani’s Resignation to India’s ‘Contingency Plans’, Know All The Recent Developments.

    But this is at odds with reports emerging from other parts of the country which have fallen into Taliban control. In Kandahar, women working in a bank were told their jobs would now be carried out by a male relative; in other regions, there have been reports of women not being allowed out alone and being forced to wear the burka.

    The spokesman added that the media would be allowed to freely criticise but not indulge in “character assassination”.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Aug 15, 2021 07:56 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • 9 Afghan soldiers killed in helicopter crash in central province

    9 Afghan soldiers killed in helicopter crash in central province

    In a statement, it said that five security personnel along with four crew members of the Mi-17 helicopter were killed in the accident, while in Behsud district of Maidan Varak province

    The Defense Ministry on Thursday killed at least nine Afghan military personnel in a central province in a helicopter crash.

    In a statement, it said that five security personnel along with four crew members of the Mi-17 helicopter were killed, in the Behsud district of Maidan Wardak province. No further details were given except to say that the investigation was on.

    Police said four state employees died in a minibus in the capital Kabul in a separate bomb blast on Thursday. Kabul’s chief of police spokesman, Fardavas Faramaz, said a woman was killed and nine other people were injured in the attack north of the city.

    Nobody claimed immediate responsibility for the Kabul attack, but government employees have already been targeted. According to security officials, three women and a 3-year-old child were killed and 13 others were injured in a bombing of a minibus carrying state employees in Kabul on Monday.

    Afghanistan faces a nationwide spike in bombings, targeted killings and other violence as peace talks in Qatar between Taliban rebels and the Afghan government stall.

    A local ally of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for some of the violence, but several attacks are unclaimed, with the Afghan government blaming the Taliban. The insurgents have denied responsibility for most of the attacks.

    The attack in Kabul takes place on the same day that Russia hosts one of three US conferences aimed at starting the peace process, which is the May 1 deadline for the final withdrawal of US and NATO troops from the country.

    The Moscow Conference is seen as an important step towards peace. Key players are participating, including US peace envoy Jhalmay Khalilzad, Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who will lead the 10-member delegation. Representatives from Pakistan, Iran, India and China are also participating.

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