The Taliban promise an amnesty and invite women to join the government, “but according to the rules of Sharia”, Islamic law. This was stated by Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Insurgent Culture Commission. A statement that seems to indicate a moderate turn of the “Islamic students” who have also announced a general amnesty for all state officials, inviting them to return to work. The Washington Post reports a new victim of the desperate flight of many Afghan civilians: the body of a man was found in the trolley compartment of an American C-17 transport plane.
One of the Taliban spokespersons, Suhail Shaheen, later said that Afghan women will be able to access education, including university, under the rule of the Taliban, adding that women will have to wear the hijab but not the burka. Suhail Shaheen also said that “thousands” of schools continue to operate. The group has already reassured those who had worked with the previous government: “Their properties will be saved and their honor and their lives will be safe.”
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Meanwhile, on the western side, what happened is being elaborated. “We need to have a clear assessment of what we have done. Despite the considerable investment, the collapse was rapid. We have to learn the lesson, ”said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.