In a statement, U.N. human rights experts said that two years into Taliban rule, it is clear that “the concept of a ‘reformed’ Taliban has been exposed as mistaken.”
Amid waving flags and strict security precautions, the Taliban on Tuesday marked two years since the groupand upended the lives of millions of Afghans, creating a dilemma for the international community that has since only grown.The Taliban-run government has yet to be recognized by any country and the prospect of Western embassies returning to Kabul appears more remote now than one year ago, as a crackdown on women’s rights to education or work has accelerated.
The Taliban leadership, marking Tuesday’s anniversary as their “independence day,” argued that its many critics don’t want to see the truth.
Security forces handed out Taliban flags to children and students at ceremonies marking the U.S. withdrawal, according to footage distributed by the group, and Taliban officials wished “Happy Freedom Day” on messaging apps. In western Afghanistan’s Herat region, supporters chanted: “Death to the Europeans, death to the Westerners, long live the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, death to the Americans,” Agence France-Presse reported.
The group has highlighted economic and security interests, as rivals to the United States are moving to exploit the country’s
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