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Taliban's insult to the victims of 9/11

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Vincent
Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleExpress, The/The Express on Sunday
Death squads have hunted down and killed at least four Afghan counter-terrorism agents, and female protesters have apparently been shot dead after attending demonstrations against the new government.

It came as militant leaders yesterday claimed women can study at universities but they must be separated from men and wear head coverings.

The Taliban's rise has stoked fears the group would return to the draconian rule that saw public executions, stonings, beatings and the crushing of women's rights and educations.

On Saturday, when the world marked the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Taliban's flag-raising ceremony marked the official start of the all-male government.

The white banner, emblazoned with a verse from the Koran, was hoisted by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the interim government.

Elsewhere, the killings went on. Rohullah Azizi, the brother of former vice president and anti-Taliban resistance leader Amrullah Saleh, was travelling in his car on Thursday when he and his driver were shot dead at a checkpoint, his nephew said.

Tension

And at least two female protesters who have attended demonstrations are said to have been killed.

Of more than 80 women working at the airport before Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, just 12 have returned to their jobs.

One of them, who gave her name only as Rabia, said: "I need money to support my family.

"I felt tension at home. I felt very bad. Now I feel better.

"My dream is to be the richest girl in Afghanistan, and I feel I am always the luckiest. I will do what I love until I am not lucky any more."

Six of the women airport workers were standing at the main entrance on Saturday, chatting and laughing while waiting to scan and search female passengers taking a domestic flight.

Rabia's sister, 49-year-old Qudsiya Jamal, said the Taliban takeover had shocked her.

"I was very afraid," said the...

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