The celebration of the shootout echoed through Kabul when the Taliban fighters controlled the airport before dawn on Tuesday after the withdrawal of the last US troops, ended 20 years of war which left the Islamic militia stronger than in 2001.
The United States finally ended its mission in Afghanistan after two decades, but those left behind in the country are now run by the Taliban face a terrible time. Rebels not only do door-to-door searches, looking for people who help American forces and allies, they also clamped letters in their homes that warn them to “give up or die”.
According to a daily letter, letters pinned to the doors ask people to attend the court held by the Taliban where their punishment will be announced. Letters warn that failure to attend the court will produce a death sentence, the Daily Mail reported.
It speaks with a number of such people who have received these letters. One of them, the construction company helped the British military built a road in Helmand Province, said he was hiding because he did not want to die. The 34-year-old also said that the letter pinned in the door was labeled by the Taliban.
Others, a daily letter spoke to work as a translator for the British military. He said the letter had stapleed it as “spying on infidels” along with a warning to give up or pay with his life.
Another translator found the letter on his shoes after he returned from prayer at a mosque.
These people say they want to get out of Afghanistan and even go to Kabul airport, but cannot ride evacuation flights because of the rush of the people. They told the daily letter that they were now trapped and afraid of their family’s lives.
The Taliban used this tactic issued a threat using letters in the villages when they came to power in Afghanistan more than 20 years ago. But this time, they are now circulating in cities.
It shows that the government’s government style of rebel group did not change its last rule, even though the Taliban leaders described the group was moderate.
Meanwhile, the celebration shot echoed across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the airport before Fajar on Tuesday after the withdrawal of the last US troops, ended 20 years of war which left the Islamic militia stronger than in 2001.
The longest American war took the lives of nearly 2,500 US troops and estimated 240,000 Afghans, and cost around $ 2 trillion.