I so wish there was a way to get money directly to a family thinking of selling their daughter. Those poor little girls.
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I so wish there was a way to get money directly to a family thinking of selling their daughter. Those poor little girls.
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It seems that the world (has chosen) to forget Afghanistan...
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What a dismal world and values the Afghanistan people live in, I would have never sold my child, rather that I die And my family will agree with me, we are all together and would never abandon anyone. I guess I don't understand their family values. And I don't understand the world and the US to just cover their eyes and ears to this. MOO
Nov 13 2021
Afghanistan: Deadly explosion hits mainly Shia suburb of Kabul
''At least one person has been killed and four others wounded in an explosion that hit a vehicle in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials said.
The incident on Saturday took place in Dasht-e Barchi, a Kabul suburb dominated by members of the mostly Shia Hazara community, who for years have been targeted by ISIL-affiliated fighters.''
''The Afghan Journalists Center said the person killed in the blast was Hamid Seighani, a well-known Afghan journalist who used to work for the Ariana television network.
“Unfortunately, we lost another reporter,” the centre tweeted hours after the blast.
There was no claim of responsibility.''
Afghanistan: Deadly explosion hits mainly Shia suburb of Kabul
''At least one person has been killed and four others wounded in an explosion that hit a vehicle in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials said.
The incident on Saturday took place in Dasht-e Barchi, a Kabul suburb dominated by members of the mostly Shia Hazara community, who for years have been targeted by ISIL-affiliated fighters.''
''The Afghan Journalists Center said the person killed in the blast was Hamid Seighani, a well-known Afghan journalist who used to work for the Ariana television network.
“Unfortunately, we lost another reporter,” the centre tweeted hours after the blast.
There was no claim of responsibility.''
I hope more countries examine their role in Afghanistan.
"Twenty years of involvement in a lost war and a botched military evacuation from Afghanistan last summer have prompted a political and institutional reckoning in the Netherlands — the likes of which may never happen in Canada.
...
In fact, the Netherlands is conducting three separate investigations of how the country handled different aspects of the Afghanistan mission. The first examines last summer's troubled evacuation. The second takes a broader look at the country's two decades of involvement in the ruined south Asian nation.
And the final review — which promises to be the most politically charged of the three — explores what the Dutch government knew about U.S. evacuation plans and when it knew it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-netherlands-canada-review-1.6263997
"Twenty years of involvement in a lost war and a botched military evacuation from Afghanistan last summer have prompted a political and institutional reckoning in the Netherlands — the likes of which may never happen in Canada.
...
In fact, the Netherlands is conducting three separate investigations of how the country handled different aspects of the Afghanistan mission. The first examines last summer's troubled evacuation. The second takes a broader look at the country's two decades of involvement in the ruined south Asian nation.
And the final review — which promises to be the most politically charged of the three — explores what the Dutch government knew about U.S. evacuation plans and when it knew it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-netherlands-canada-review-1.6263997
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghan-girl-killed-taliban-1.6289324
Dec 16 2021
Nazifa, 10, was preparing to start a new life in Canada with her family when the Taliban opened fire on their vehicle in Kandahar on Dec. 10. (Submitted by Kynan Walper)
''A 10-year-old Afghan girl who was preparing to come to Canada with her family was instead shot dead by the Taliban last week, a death critics say is partly to blame on Ottawa's sluggish efforts to relocate Afghans who worked with the Canadian military.
Nazifa's father had worked for the Canadian Armed Forces in Kandahar, said Kynan Walper, chief operations officer at Aman Lara, a veterans group volunteering to help Afghans who served with the military escape the country.
Walper blamed an inadequate evacuation effort by the Canadian government and delays in immigration processing for the girl's killing.
"I cannot be clear enough — this young girl is dead because of delays in getting people over here," said Walper. He says Nazifa was learning English and was excited about moving to Canada. ''
''The family was returning from a wedding on the night of Dec. 10 in Kandahar, the Taliban's heartland, when the shooting happened.
The group thought they had been cleared to pass through a checkpoint — but seconds later Taliban fighters opened fire on their vehicle.''
Dec 16 2021
Nazifa, 10, was preparing to start a new life in Canada with her family when the Taliban opened fire on their vehicle in Kandahar on Dec. 10. (Submitted by Kynan Walper)
''A 10-year-old Afghan girl who was preparing to come to Canada with her family was instead shot dead by the Taliban last week, a death critics say is partly to blame on Ottawa's sluggish efforts to relocate Afghans who worked with the Canadian military.
Nazifa's father had worked for the Canadian Armed Forces in Kandahar, said Kynan Walper, chief operations officer at Aman Lara, a veterans group volunteering to help Afghans who served with the military escape the country.
Walper blamed an inadequate evacuation effort by the Canadian government and delays in immigration processing for the girl's killing.
"I cannot be clear enough — this young girl is dead because of delays in getting people over here," said Walper. He says Nazifa was learning English and was excited about moving to Canada. ''
''The family was returning from a wedding on the night of Dec. 10 in Kandahar, the Taliban's heartland, when the shooting happened.
The group thought they had been cleared to pass through a checkpoint — but seconds later Taliban fighters opened fire on their vehicle.''
June 13 2022
www.cp24.com
''In a statement Monday, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said investigations into the deaths found that the crew “exercised sound judgment in their decision to get airborne as quickly as possible when faced with an unprecedented and rapidly deteriorating security situation.”
Video and other reports from that day vividly show Afghans mobbing the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, frantic to get out of the country when the Taliban seized control and U.S. forces were withdrawing. The C-17 transport plane was surrounded as it landed on the tarmac, and military officials have said the crew feared the plane would be overwhelmed, so they decided to take off.
As the plane lifted off, mobile phone video captured two tiny dots dropping from the aircraft. It later became clear that the dots were Afghans who had tried to hide in the wheel well. As the wheels folded into the body of the plane, the stowaways faced the choice of being crushed to death or letting go and plunging to the ground.
Human remains were found in the wheel well when the plane landed at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.''
U.S. Air Force: Crew not at fault for Afghan deaths in evacuation
The Air Force has concluded that air crew members acted appropriately and were not at fault for some tragic deaths during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last year, when desperate Afghans clung to a military plane as it was taking off and fell to their deaths or were caught in the wheels.
''In a statement Monday, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said investigations into the deaths found that the crew “exercised sound judgment in their decision to get airborne as quickly as possible when faced with an unprecedented and rapidly deteriorating security situation.”
Video and other reports from that day vividly show Afghans mobbing the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, frantic to get out of the country when the Taliban seized control and U.S. forces were withdrawing. The C-17 transport plane was surrounded as it landed on the tarmac, and military officials have said the crew feared the plane would be overwhelmed, so they decided to take off.
As the plane lifted off, mobile phone video captured two tiny dots dropping from the aircraft. It later became clear that the dots were Afghans who had tried to hide in the wheel well. As the wheels folded into the body of the plane, the stowaways faced the choice of being crushed to death or letting go and plunging to the ground.
Human remains were found in the wheel well when the plane landed at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.''
Lengthy article.
Oct 20 2022
www.cp24.com
''The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.
The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid that killed her parents and five siblings. After months in a U.S. military hospital, she had gone to live with her cousin and his wife, this newlywed couple. Now, the family was bound for the United States for further medical treatment, with the aid of U.S. Marine Corps attorney Joshua Mast.
When the exhausted Afghans arrived at the airport in Washington D.C. in late August 2021, Mast pulled them out of the international arrivals line and led them to an inspecting officer, according to a lawsuit they filed last month. They were surprised when Mast presented an Afghan passport for the child, the couple said. But it was the last name printed on the document that stopped them cold: Mast.''
''Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. An Afghan couple who arrived in the U.S. as refugees are suing a U.S. Marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani, File)
They didn't know it, but they would soon lose their baby.
This is a story about how one U.S. Marine became fiercely determined to bring home an Afghan war orphan, and praised it as an act of Christian faith to save her. Letters, emails and documents submitted in federal filings show that he used his status in the U.S. Armed Forces, appealed to high-ranking Trump administration officials and turned to small-town courts to adopt the baby, unbeknownst to the Afghan couple raising her 7,000 miles away.''
''The little girl, now 3 1/2 years old, is at the center of a high-stakes tangle of at least four court cases. The Afghan couple, desperate to get her back, has sued Joshua and his wife Stephanie Mast. But the Masts insist they are her legal parents and “acted admirably” to protect her. They've asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
The ordeal has drawn in the U.S. departments of Defense, Justice and State, which have argued that the attempt to spirit away a citizen of another country could significantly harm military and foreign relations. It has also meant that a child who survived a violent raid, was hospitalized for months and escaped the fall of Afghanistan has had to split her short life between two families, both of which now claim her.
Five days after the Afghans arrived in the U.S., they say Mast - custody papers in hand - took her away.''
Oct 20 2022
Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby
The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.
The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid that killed her parents and five siblings. After months in a U.S. military hospital, she had gone to live with her cousin and his wife, this newlywed couple. Now, the family was bound for the United States for further medical treatment, with the aid of U.S. Marine Corps attorney Joshua Mast.
When the exhausted Afghans arrived at the airport in Washington D.C. in late August 2021, Mast pulled them out of the international arrivals line and led them to an inspecting officer, according to a lawsuit they filed last month. They were surprised when Mast presented an Afghan passport for the child, the couple said. But it was the last name printed on the document that stopped them cold: Mast.''
''Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. An Afghan couple who arrived in the U.S. as refugees are suing a U.S. Marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani, File)
They didn't know it, but they would soon lose their baby.
This is a story about how one U.S. Marine became fiercely determined to bring home an Afghan war orphan, and praised it as an act of Christian faith to save her. Letters, emails and documents submitted in federal filings show that he used his status in the U.S. Armed Forces, appealed to high-ranking Trump administration officials and turned to small-town courts to adopt the baby, unbeknownst to the Afghan couple raising her 7,000 miles away.''
''The little girl, now 3 1/2 years old, is at the center of a high-stakes tangle of at least four court cases. The Afghan couple, desperate to get her back, has sued Joshua and his wife Stephanie Mast. But the Masts insist they are her legal parents and “acted admirably” to protect her. They've asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
The ordeal has drawn in the U.S. departments of Defense, Justice and State, which have argued that the attempt to spirit away a citizen of another country could significantly harm military and foreign relations. It has also meant that a child who survived a violent raid, was hospitalized for months and escaped the fall of Afghanistan has had to split her short life between two families, both of which now claim her.
Five days after the Afghans arrived in the U.S., they say Mast - custody papers in hand - took her away.''
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WOW! That is one SERIOUSLY messed up story and makes me think very UNChristian-like thoughts.Lengthy article.
Oct 20 2022
''The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby
The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.
The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid that killed her parents and five siblings. After months in a U.S. military hospital, she had gone to live with her cousin and his wife, this newlywed couple. Now, the family was bound for the United States for further medical treatment, with the aid of U.S. Marine Corps attorney Joshua Mast.
When the exhausted Afghans arrived at the airport in Washington D.C. in late August 2021, Mast pulled them out of the international arrivals line and led them to an inspecting officer, according to a lawsuit they filed last month. They were surprised when Mast presented an Afghan passport for the child, the couple said. But it was the last name printed on the document that stopped them cold: Mast.''
''Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. An Afghan couple who arrived in the U.S. as refugees are suing a U.S. Marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani, File)
They didn't know it, but they would soon lose their baby.
This is a story about how one U.S. Marine became fiercely determined to bring home an Afghan war orphan, and praised it as an act of Christian faith to save her. Letters, emails and documents submitted in federal filings show that he used his status in the U.S. Armed Forces, appealed to high-ranking Trump administration officials and turned to small-town courts to adopt the baby, unbeknownst to the Afghan couple raising her 7,000 miles away.''
''The little girl, now 3 1/2 years old, is at the center of a high-stakes tangle of at least four court cases. The Afghan couple, desperate to get her back, has sued Joshua and his wife Stephanie Mast. But the Masts insist they are her legal parents and “acted admirably” to protect her. They've asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
The ordeal has drawn in the U.S. departments of Defense, Justice and State, which have argued that the attempt to spirit away a citizen of another country could significantly harm military and foreign relations. It has also meant that a child who survived a violent raid, was hospitalized for months and escaped the fall of Afghanistan has had to split her short life between two families, both of which now claim her.
Five days after the Afghans arrived in the U.S., they say Mast - custody papers in hand - took her away.''
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Qatar plans to suspend Afghan evacuation flights during World Cup
The move would add to a massive backlog of tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who are trying to resettle in the United States.
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Afghan government didn’t think US would actually leave, report finds
And five more reasons Afghanistan fell, according to a new special inspector general report.
www.militarytimes.com
Nov 25 2022 By Marjan Sadat
www.thestar.com
''Women are banned from going to the park. Women are banned from going to public female baths. Women are banned from going to gyms.
In the lead-up to Friday’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and more than a year into its rule, the Taliban have imposed these restrictions and others.''
“It is naive to expect the Taliban to change.”
In the past two weeks, the Taliban’s leader has brought back flogging. After this order from Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban flogged 23-year-old Arezu and 26-year-old Mohammad Eisa in Bamyan province, on charges of extramarital sex.
It’s expected that hand amputation and public execution will soon return as well.''
''In Takhar, 10 men and nine women were flogged in public on charges of theft, adultery and running away from home. A boy and a girl were whipped in Badakhshan, accused of being in a relationship and communicating by phone, and three women and nine men were flogged on charges of “adultery and robbery” in Logar province.
The Supreme Court of the Taliban said in a newsletter the men and women each received 21 to 39 lashes. “We implemented Shariah law.”
“Afghanistan has become a big prison for us, and the world is just watching.”
Public floggings. Women banned from parks. ‘This is the Taliban 2.0?’
With new prohibitions for Afghan women that include gyms and female public baths, and a return to draconian punishments, many wonder what has changed.
In the lead-up to Friday’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and more than a year into its rule, the Taliban have imposed these restrictions and others.''
“It is naive to expect the Taliban to change.”
In the past two weeks, the Taliban’s leader has brought back flogging. After this order from Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban flogged 23-year-old Arezu and 26-year-old Mohammad Eisa in Bamyan province, on charges of extramarital sex.
It’s expected that hand amputation and public execution will soon return as well.''
''In Takhar, 10 men and nine women were flogged in public on charges of theft, adultery and running away from home. A boy and a girl were whipped in Badakhshan, accused of being in a relationship and communicating by phone, and three women and nine men were flogged on charges of “adultery and robbery” in Logar province.
The Supreme Court of the Taliban said in a newsletter the men and women each received 21 to 39 lashes. “We implemented Shariah law.”
“Afghanistan has become a big prison for us, and the world is just watching.”
What a bunch of hosers, treating females this way only serves to emasculate those nasty, insecure ''men'', imo. rbbm
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''Dozens of women holding a protest march could be heard shouting slogans including: "Education is our right".
In one clip, women could be heard shouting: "The Taliban are cowards."
''The new ban was implemented with immediate effect by Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem on Tuesday, with public and private universities ordered to bar women from attending.
Mr Nadeem said female students had been "dressing like they were going to a wedding".
www.cp24.com
Dec 24 2022
''KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women on Saturday, eyewitnesses said, as the decision from the Taliban-led government continues to cause outrage and opposition in Afghanistan and beyond.
The development came after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately. Afghan women have since demonstrated in major cities against the ban, a rare sign of domestic protest since the Taliban seized power last year.
According to eyewitnesses in the western city of Herat, about two dozen women on Saturday were heading to the provincial governor’s house to protest the ban, chanting: “Education is our right,” when they were pushed back by security forces firing the water cannon.
Video shared with The Associated Press shows the women screaming and hiding in a side street to escape the water cannon. They then resume their protest, with chants of “Disgraceful!”
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Afghanistan protests: Taliban use water cannon on women opposing university ban
Women in Afghanistan are protesting against the Taliban's ban on female students attending university.
www.bbc.com
In one clip, women could be heard shouting: "The Taliban are cowards."
''The new ban was implemented with immediate effect by Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem on Tuesday, with public and private universities ordered to bar women from attending.
Mr Nadeem said female students had been "dressing like they were going to a wedding".
Taliban use water cannon on women protesting university ban
Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women on Saturday, eyewitnesses said, as the decision from the Taliban-led government continues to cause outrage and opposition in Afghanistan and beyond.
''KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women on Saturday, eyewitnesses said, as the decision from the Taliban-led government continues to cause outrage and opposition in Afghanistan and beyond.
The development came after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately. Afghan women have since demonstrated in major cities against the ban, a rare sign of domestic protest since the Taliban seized power last year.
According to eyewitnesses in the western city of Herat, about two dozen women on Saturday were heading to the provincial governor’s house to protest the ban, chanting: “Education is our right,” when they were pushed back by security forces firing the water cannon.
Video shared with The Associated Press shows the women screaming and hiding in a side street to escape the water cannon. They then resume their protest, with chants of “Disgraceful!”
The Bride Price in Afghanistan
The bride price sparked competition between Zeba’s mother and aunt. Whose daughter was worth more? Zeba’s mother won the battle this round…
Taliban restrictions may amount to femicide: UN experts
Taliban restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed, a team of UN experts warned on Friday.
'ISLAMABAD — Taliban restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed, a team of UN experts warned on Friday.'
''In a statement released Friday, the UN experts accused Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities of the “most extreme forms of misogyny” and said there could be multiple preventable deaths that may amount to femicide if the restrictions are not reversed.''
'The UN experts also said the Taliban are imposing their interpretation of Islam, which appear not to be shared by the vast majority of Afghans. They expressed alarm about widespread mental health issues and accounts of escalating suicides among women and girls'
''Last November, the UN experts said the Taliban treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan may amount to a crime against humanity and should be investigated and prosecuted under international law.
The Taliban at the time rejected their statement.''
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Gold star families are speaking live now. You can watch only on certain cable news stations. moo
www.cbs8.com
At 10 am on Monday, August 7, they will appear at Escondido City Hall to call on the Biden Administration to give them answers and inform the public as to how their loved ones died in a deadly blast as U.S. forces were leaving Afghanistan.
(…)
"For almost two years, the Gold Star Families of the fallen in Afghanistan have waited for answers and accountability for the loss of their loved ones - and they have waited long enough," said Rep. Issa. "At every turn, they've been shut out and ignored by the Biden Administration that prefers to turn the page on its disaster. That stops now.
It's time that the public hears the stories of these heroes and learns of negligence and breakdown of leadership that led to the loss of life that day two years ago."
Gold Star Families demand answers for deaths of 13 servicememembers during Afghanistan withdrawal
Families will appear in Escondido on August 7 to call for accountability for deaths during a 2021 bombing at the Kabul Airport.
www.cbs8.com
At 10 am on Monday, August 7, they will appear at Escondido City Hall to call on the Biden Administration to give them answers and inform the public as to how their loved ones died in a deadly blast as U.S. forces were leaving Afghanistan.
(…)
"For almost two years, the Gold Star Families of the fallen in Afghanistan have waited for answers and accountability for the loss of their loved ones - and they have waited long enough," said Rep. Issa. "At every turn, they've been shut out and ignored by the Biden Administration that prefers to turn the page on its disaster. That stops now.
It's time that the public hears the stories of these heroes and learns of negligence and breakdown of leadership that led to the loss of life that day two years ago."
Taliban bans women’s voices, bare faces from public in new restrictive laws - National | Globalnews.ca
The new laws come after the Taliban already placed heavy restrictions on women's rights, including banning women and girls from attending school after Grade 6.
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''Life as a woman in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan just got even more restrictive as a government ministry enacts new laws on “vice and virtue” in the country, banning women’s voices and uncovered faces from public life.
The laws were issued Wednesday by the ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice,” which was established in 2021 after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan.''
“Inshallah we assure you that this Islamic law will be of great help in the promotion of virtue and the elimination of vice,” ministry spokesman Maulvi Abdul Ghafar Farooq said on Thursday''
''It is now mandatory for women to veil their entire bodies, including their faces, at all times in public to avoid temptation and tempting others. This means that the common Islamic head-covering, the hijab, which covers the hair and neck but not the face, is no longer considered appropriate.''
''Women are also forbidden from singing, reciting and reading aloud in public, as a woman’s voice is deemed “intimate” and should not be heard. It’s unclear if speaking is also banned.''
Disturbing video at link.
By Elena Salvoni 28 August 2024
www.dailymail.co.uk
'After decades of conflict, the hardline Islamist regime's grip on power is now largely unchallenged, allowing them to fully impose their interpretation of Sharia Law, which includes public executions, floggings and almost zero rights for women.
But a quick search on TikTok and Instagram would suggest a very different situation in the country - with pictures showing smiling tourists posing next to beautiful lakes, mountains and vibrant markets.'
''Travel influencers, exposed to only the very surface of what life is like for Afghanis, are being used as a PR weapon by the Taliban - and are heading to the country in their droves despite the detentions and even deaths of tourists in recent years.''
'Solo female traveller' Geenyada Abdi said visiting the war-ravaged nation was a 'dream come true' as she posed smiling next to AK-47-toting terrorists
By Elena Salvoni 28 August 2024
'Naive' travel influencers who are 'normalising' the Taliban regime
Travel influencers, exposed only to the surface of what life is like for Afghanis, are being used as a PR weapon by the Taliban and are heading to the country despite the dangers.
But a quick search on TikTok and Instagram would suggest a very different situation in the country - with pictures showing smiling tourists posing next to beautiful lakes, mountains and vibrant markets.'
''Travel influencers, exposed to only the very surface of what life is like for Afghanis, are being used as a PR weapon by the Taliban - and are heading to the country in their droves despite the detentions and even deaths of tourists in recent years.''
'Solo female traveller' Geenyada Abdi said visiting the war-ravaged nation was a 'dream come true' as she posed smiling next to AK-47-toting terrorists
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