Taliban claims it’s impersonators who are beating women and children in the streets of Afghanistan

Reports indicate that the Taliban fighters are unleashing pain and death on people in Afghanistan, but the Taliban is claiming that it’s not their fighters, but impersonators doing this:

Here’s more from NBC News:

Images of the Taliban cracking down on a protest and bloodied women and children beaten by fighters are contradicting the more moderate image the militant group has been trying to project as it tries to consolidate power in Afghanistan.

Less than 24 hours after the Taliban spokesperson delivered security guarantees during a press conference in Kabul, the militants on Wednesday tried to stop locals from installing Afghanistan’s national black, red and green flag in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according to local resident Anwar Khan.

A former police official told Reuters four people had been killed in the protest and 13 injured. Afghanistan’s Pajhwok news agency shared video of what it said was the incident, showing crowds running as gunfire was heard. NBC News was not able to verify the footage.

Meanwhile, the Taliban’s assurance of a “safe passage” to the Kabul airport, where thousands have thronged in a desperate bid to be taken out of the country, has also been undermined by a report and photographs by a Los Angeles Times journalist.

In one of the graphic images, a woman and child are seen with blood on their faces and apparently unconscious.

Hundreds of people were outside the airport on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. It said the Taliban demanded to see documents before allowing the rare passenger inside. The Taliban fired occasional warning shots to disperse them, the agency said.

Meanwhile, The Guardian reported the militants were checking documents and forcibly turning some people around at checkpoints, refusing to let them reach the airport. NBC News was not able to independently verify these reports.

These reports contrast with a new, more modern image that the Taliban have tried to paint in their first press conference since their takeover of Kabul Tuesday night. Their officials deny their fighters have been involved in this sort of violence, blaming the injuries on men impersonating the Taliban.

As if this is even remotely credible or believable. Ben Shapiro responded to this pointing out the absurdity, saying:

This is who our state department is negotiating with for ‘safe passage’. I fear this won’t end well, that are going to see lots of American hostages or even worse, beheaded Americans.


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