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Over the past 20 years, the main focus of attacks or targets for the Taliban group has been US troops and Afghan government troops. They did not directly attack civilians like the ISIS Khorasan group by bombing the airport in Kabul and killing hundreds of civilians.
The Taliban views the US as an occupier because it toppled them from the reins of power they had served in 1996-2001. While the Afghan army and government are considered ‘US puppets’.
“There are no official reports about the possibility of violent acts against civilians by the Taliban group. But there did occur chaos and several other incidents, including the arrests and killings of several officials and former officials. Taliban,” said Deputy Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Qais Barakzai to the Outspoken Team detikcom, Tuesday (31/8/2021).
He also emphasized that as far as he knew before, the Taliban had never attacked singers/musicians or civilians who were directly related to government officials in Afghanistan. Therefore, the news that singer Fawad Andarabi has been killed by the Taliban has not received official confirmation from Kabul whether it was actually done by the Taliban or not. Qais Barakzai personally hopes the news is not true. Because, if it is true, it will greatly damage the credibility of the Taliban in the eyes of the world.
“I hope the Taliban keeps its promise to grant amnesty to artists or performers and hopefully this is not an action against freedom in art and expression,” Qais Barakzai said.
Since taking control of Kabul on August 15, the Taliban have said they will uphold human rights and respect the rights of women in Afghanistan. This attitude is also part of the agreement or agreement signed in Doha, Qatar, aka the ‘Doha Agreement’. Qais Barakzai hopes the Taliban will fulfill the promises they made. Therefore, if any officials and former officials are arrested, they should be released immediately as a form of amnesty and reconciliation.
The diplomat who graduated from Mysore University, Karnataka, India, also hopes that the possibility of a civil war between the Taliban Group and government forces and those who are anti-Taliban under Ahmad Masoud’s command can be avoided. Because the Afghan people have been tired of fighting for more than 40 years. “Right now they are still negotiating to prevent a civil war from occurring,” said Qais Barakzai.
On the other hand, he expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the Indonesian government and people for their active role in creating peace efforts between the Taliban and the Afghan government since 2017. As a democracy with a majority Muslim population, Qais Barakzai said Indonesia should be a reference for Afghanistan in the future. in front.
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