Individuals wave Afghan flags throughout an anti-Taliban protest in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad
Kabul:
A number of individuals have been killed on Thursday within the Afghan metropolis of Asadabad when Taliban fighters fired on individuals waving the nationwide flag at an Independence Day rally, a witness mentioned, a day after three individuals have been killed in an analogous protest.
The protests by individuals waving the Afghan flag, in some circumstances after tearing down white Taliban flags in keeping with media, are the primary indicators of in style opposition to the Taliban since their gorgeous advance throughout the nation and seize of the capital, Kabul, on Sunday.
It was unclear if the casualties in Asadabad resulted from the firing or from the stampede that it triggered, witness Mohammed Salim mentioned from the jap metropolis, the capital of Kunar province.
“A whole lot of individuals got here out on the streets,” Salim mentioned. “At first I used to be scared and did not wish to go however after I noticed considered one of my neighbours joined in I took out the flag I’ve at residence.”
“A number of individuals have been killed and injured within the stampede and firing by the Taliban.”
A Taliban spokesman was not instantly out there for remark.
There have been additionally protests however no experiences of significant violence within the jap metropolis of Jalalabad and a district of Paktia province, media reported.
Afghanistan celebrates its 1919 independence from British management on Aug. 19.
On Wednesday, Taliban fighters fired at protesters waving the black, purple and inexperienced nationwide flag in Jalalabad, killing three, witnesses and media reported.
Media reported related scenes in Asadabad and one other jap metropolis, Khost, on Wednesday with protesters in some locations tearing down the white Islamic banner of the Taliban.
First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who’s making an attempt to rally opposition to the Taliban, expressed assist for the protests.
“Salute those that carry the nationwide flag and thus stand for dignity of the nation,” he mentioned on Twitter.
Saleh mentioned on Tuesday he was in Afghanistan and the “professional caretaker president” after President Ashraf Ghani fled because the Taliban took Kabul.
Name For Finish To Airport Crowds
The crackdown on protests will increase new doubts about Taliban assurances they’ve modified since their 1996-2001 rule after they severely restricted ladies, staged public executions and blew up historic Buddhist statues.
They now say they need peace, is not going to take revenge towards outdated enemies and would respect the rights of girls inside the framework of Islamic legislation.
Whereas Kabul has been usually calm since Taliban forces entered on Sunday, the airport has been in chaos as individuals rushed for a manner in a foreign country.
Twelve individuals have been killed in and across the airport since then, a NATO and a Taliban official mentioned. The deaths have been triggered both by gun pictures or by stampedes, the Taliban official mentioned.
He urged individuals who should not have the authorized proper to journey to go residence. “We do not wish to harm anybody on the airport,” mentioned the Taliban official, who declined to be recognized.
The USA and different Western powers pressed on with the evacuation of their nationals and a few of their Afghan workers from the capital’s airport, from the place about 8,000 individuals have been flown out since Sunday, a Western safety official mentioned.
Beneath a pact negotiated final yr by former President Donald Trump’s administration, america agreed to withdraw its forces in trade for a Taliban assure they might not let Afghanistan be used to launch terrorist assaults.
The Taliban additionally agreed to not assault overseas forces as they left.
President Joe Biden mentioned U.S. forces would stay till the evacuation of Individuals was completed, even when that meant staying previous a August 31 U.S. deadline for withdrawal.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
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