Afghanistan: What is life in Kabul like under the yoke of the Taliban? – Franceinfo

In a residential area in central Kabul (Afghanistan), the Taliban put in yoke men with weapons of war, summoned to kneel in front of a wall. Thieves, according to them. In another district of the capital, a resident engages in conversation with a Taliban in charge of public order. He has heard of the arrest of thieves and is worried about their fate. “We cut off their hands, and we paint their faces black”, responds the person concerned. In the streets, the new masters of the country parade. Under good escort, a mullah speaks the good word, and allows himself a few selfies. The Taliban want to reassure the population and convince them that they have changed. “Thank God, day after day mistrust disappears. They get used to us “, says the latter.

However, the population does not seem really reassured. France is continuing the evacuations. Among the Afghans who left the country on Wednesday August 18, a young interpreter, Jamail, with which the French teams Televisions have collaborated on several occasions. “[Les talibans] lie about everything, thinks the latter. I went to talk to a Taliban so that he would let a family return to the embassy, ​​he shouted at me saying: ‘You are a girl, how dare you talk to me?‘”. There are still thousands of Afghans who want to flee the country. To avoid the chaos, the Americans regularly shoot in the air to stop the crowd.