Taliban Stage Show Of Strength With Parade After Protests

Taliban scaded through the northwestern city of Afghan in a power show on weekends, the day after reinforcements were sent to Quell Riots for the detention of popular commanders.
Protests erupted last week in Maymana, the capital of Faratat Province, after the Taliban Uzbek Commander was arrested for alleged relations with kidnapping plots.

The riots triggered concerns about tensions between Uzbek and Pashtun and Taliban civilians, with a report that had not yet been confirmed that members of the two ethnic groups had been killed in isolated clashes.

“We mobilized hundreds of forces from neighboring provinces and the situation were controlled now,” Latifullah Judge, a senior defense ministry official, told AFP on weekends.

Sunday parade included the columns dressed in masked Taliban in matching white tunic Shalwar Kameez, Khaki combat vest, and a hijab that read with the declaration of Muslim faith.

A dozen Taliban which was more armed in the horse riding camouflage forest behind pick-up trucks and armored vehicles, confiscated from the Afghan government and US forces during the Taliban fast summer takeover.

Maymana residents lined up routes, lots of rocky when they filmed a parade with their telephone camera.

Two days ago the situation was not good because of the demonstration, but now the situation is normal, “said Rohullah, a 20-year-old shopkeeper.

“The only problem we have is that people don’t have jobs … but they are very happy with security.”

The performance of the power came when the new Afghan ruler struggled to evolve from the rebellion to government power in a country on the verge of economic destruction, with the United Nations which estimated more than half the population facing acute hunger.

Discipline between the ranks and files – especially in remote areas – it becomes a problem, with local commanders ignoring the decree from Kabul or applying orders to their own will.

Promising a softer rule than their 1996-2001 regime, the Taliban has launched a commission to identify members of Flouuting regulations – dismissing nearly 3,000 people.

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