Taliban gain area in Afghanistan as they ‘take women to wed’

The afraid face of a lady refugee reveals the frightening fate waiting for Afghanistan — as the war-torn nation slips back into the Taliban’s middle ages guideline.

As the United States, Nato and Britain withdraw their soldiers after 20 years, resurgent militants have actually taken huge swathes of area from federal government forces.

Taliban fighters have actually commemorated by going from door to door in caught cities making women as young as 12 their sex servants.

And their leaders have actually bought imams to bring them unwed ladies aged 12 to 45 for their soldiers to wed due to the fact that they see them as ‘qhanimat’ — spoils of war.

Faiz Mohammed Noori and his household got away Taliban-taken Baghlan for the capital Kabul after their house was burned down.

But he cautioned: ‘Kabul is also not safe. If they take over Kabul, they’re taking your children, your other half. They don’t care.’

MP Simon Clarke stated the other day: ‘Quite apart from the horrific consequences for the people of Afghanistan being returned to medieval rule, and the security ramifications if the country returns to being an ungoverned space, what message does this send to the allies of America and the West?’

The Taliban army now manages 9 of 34 provincial capitals and has actually besieged others in a significant attack that saw federal government forces mainly capitulate.

Terrified citizens who got away Kunduz as it fell recently informed of jihadists beheading anybody connected to the federal government.

One female reporter explained getting away an unnamed city in the north and entering into concealing with her uncle for worry she would be hunted and carried out.

Mazar-i-Sharif, the north’s biggest city, is next in the Taliban’s sights. President Ashraf Ghani flew there the other day to rally soldiers and consult regional warlords.

And a US defence authorities cautioned the Taliban might ‘isolate’ Kabul in 30 days — then take it in 90 days. Speaking on condition of privacy, he stated that Afghan forces might reverse the momentum by ‘putting up more resistance.’

United States president Joe Biden the other day likewise prompted Afghan leaders to ‘come together’ to make remarkable troop numbers count, stating: ‘They’ve got to defend their country.’

But he insisted he did not regret his choice to withdraw United States forces by August 31. Britain’s last 750 soldiers started leaving last month — twenty years after very first being released there following 9/11.

Former UK defence ministers Johnny Mercer and Tobias Ellwood recently recommended they must go back to the cutting edge to strengthen resistance, however numerous households of 457 British soldiers eliminated in the dispute back withdrawal.

The Taliban has actually assured not to attack withdrawing forces however has actually not consented to a ceasefire.

An earlier dedication to peace talks came to absolutely nothing as leaders considered military success.

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