Afghanistan, Taliban fire on demonstrators in Jalalabad

Despite the assurances of the Taliban, on the third day of the Islamic Emirate there is chaos and tensions in some cities of the country. According to reports from Al Jazeera, in the province of Bamiyan, the statue of Abdul Ali Mazari, a Shiite leader who fought the Taliban during the civil war in the 1990s, was destroyed. Mazari, a charismatic member of the Hazara minority, was assassinated by the Taliban in 1996, when the group then led by Mullah Omar took power in the country. The province of Bamiyan is infamous for having also hosted the huge statues of the Buddha dynamited by the Taliban shortly before the US military intervention in 2001. Read also JALALABAD NATIONAL FLAG PROTESTS, ‘TALIBAN SHOOTING’ Protests in Jalalabad. In the capital of the province of Nangarhar, hundreds of people took to the streets armed with Afghan flags, as opposed to that of the Taliban, the ‘new masters’ of Afghanistan. The news was reported by the Pajhwok agency, which publishes some images and adds that the Taliban have opened fire, while some journalists have been beaten. There are no reports of victims for now. IN KABUL MEETING BETWEEN KARZAI, ABDULLAH AND ANAS HAQQANI In Kabul there was a meeting between former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, former chief executive and representative for peace negotiations Abdullah Abdullah and Anas Haqqani. This was reported by Tolo News that publishes some images without providing other details. The news is also reported by the Pajhwok agency which speaks of the arrival in Kabul of a Taliban delegation led by Anas Haqqani. Anas Haqqani – part of the Taliban political office according to Tolo News – is the brother of Sirajuhddin Haqqani, leader of the homonymous jihadist network (founded by his father Jalaluddin) and one of the deputies of the Taliban. TALEBANS ARE COLLABORATING AT THE AIRPORT ‘”We are collaborating with the Taliban on the ground and it seems to be a very direct relationship”, said the British Chief of Staff, Nick Carter, interviewed by Sky News, stating that “at the moment the situation is very calm “. “They are helping us at the airport”, continued the situation at Hamid Karzai international airport where, after the chaos and unrest on Monday, flights resumed yesterday with the evacuation of Western citizens and thousands of Afghan refugees. The British general also said the Taliban “are keeping the streets of Kabul very safe and very calm”.