Amrullah Saleh, the former first vice president of the Republic, has questioned the whereabouts and activities of Taliban leaders before August 15, 2021, saying journalists who pursue this issue in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan could face arrest or torture.<\/p>\n
Saleh asked in which countries Mullah Hassan, Mullah Hibatullah, Mullah Yaqoob, Sirajuddin Haqqani and other leaders of the administration lived before the fall of the republic, and on the basis of what arrangements they were given a base. He said some Taliban leaders were present in Doha, but there are many questions about the whereabouts and manner of activity of some other senior figures in the group after 2001.<\/p>\n
Saleh claimed that when Taliban leaders appeared before the media after seizing Kabul, there was no sign on their faces or in their condition of years of war and hardship inside Afghanistan. According to him, no evidence has so far been presented to show that these leaders were inside Afghanistan after 2001.<\/p>\n
He concluded by asking whether a group with what he described as a “dark and obscure” past can give others insulting labels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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