All must receive mercy, the Taliban promised. Soldiers and minorities talk about threats and mass murder.
–Two days after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, they generally promised amnesty to people who worked against them. One week later, they contacted a former general and threatened her.
29-year-old “Samira” knew that her job was life-threatening. Leading the female part of the Afghan security forces was no joke. The person who had the job before her was killed last year. A bomb was planted in the car he was driving.
But when Samira was offered it, she thought the job was too important to say no. In the months before the Taliban took power, the work became more demanding than ever.
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