How thick is this skin?
"Our expectation for the Canadian government now is that if they really want to help the Afghans, they should start providing us with humanitarian assistance..."
The Taliban's new police chief in Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, said in an interview with the CBC that "this is not what it should be."
"They (Canadian troops) came here to invade Afghanistan, and with the support of the United States, they destroyed villages, killed people, and launched night raids."
Abdul Ghafar Mohammadi, a former Taliban army commander who is now the chief of police, continues his complaints against canadian troops.
Abdul Ghafar Mohammadi
"You go around Kandahar and take a look, and you know how safe it is, it's very calm here," Muhammadi said, at the suggestion of a media adviser.
The Taliban's media advisers, who spoke fluent Pashto and English, would interrupt Muhammadi when he didn't say the right thing to say, asking him to pick up words that the international media liked to hear.
"Afghanistan under the Taliban is much more stable than the old regime, and the security situation in Afghanistan has improved greatly!"
After the Taliban returned to power in August, many of the police under the old regime went into hiding for fear of retaliation from the new regime, and Muhammadi's task was to rebuild the police force in Kandahar and start policing the area as early as possible.
A senior Taliban official, dressed in a suit, was his translator
Beyond that, his work has included persuading past enemies of the Taliban — primarily western countries, including the United States and Canada — to resume aid that has supported Afghanistan over the past 20 years.
Now, of course, the payee has to write "Taliban."
Afghanistan's economy has not been revived since it broke away from the Taliban, according to the World Bank, with 43 percent of its gross domestic product and about 75 percent of its public spending coming from foreign aid.
The streets of Afghanistan
"Our doors are open," Muhammadi continued to call out to Canada through the CBC: "We want to maintain good relations with the international community because we want these countries to be involved in the reconstruction of Afghanistan." ”
Asking people to do things always has to say something soft, right?
But in the interview, Muhammadi also accused Canada and other international forces of committing "cumulative crimes" during the war in Afghanistan...
The CBC also interviewed Panjwaii, 30 kilometres west of Kandahar.
Canada-built Panjewa Regional Centre
Panjewa is the birthplace of the Taliban, and the Panjewa Regional Centre building, built here in Canada in 2009, has become the Taliban's headquarters office.
Dozens of Canadian soldiers were killed here.
Panjewa's new district governor, Syfe Rahman Syfe, was interviewed behind a court desk. Like Muhammadi, he is denouncing Canada's crimes against the Afghans while asking the Canadian government for assistance...
Syfe Rahman Syfe
"You get some help from our people, we can provide good security, and then you can go home safely," Rahman assured.
"There are no security threats now, and the only problem we face is that the international community does not recognize our Afghanistan."
After the Taliban came to power, women were forbidden to show their body parts
For the Canadians who used to be stationed here, The Afghans in Panjewa have a high opinion.
"Canadians are good people, and when they realized that their mission was actually aimed at the Afghan people, they left our country and they did a good job," said a passerby interviewed by the CBC.
In 2009, Canadian soldiers spoke with Afghans in front of the Panjewa Regional Centre
Although the war is over, the suffering of afghans is far from over.
Just 48 hours after the CBC's interview with Muhammadi, a powerful suicide bombing attack took place at a mosque in Kandahar, killing 47 people on the spot.
Claiming responsibility for the attack was ISIS-K, an islamic state that has been forgotten in recent years, a branch of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan, whose full name is Islamic State Khorasan.
ISIS-K describes itself as having a "rival relationship" with the Taliban and has repeatedly accused the Taliban of being "impure."
In addition, in addition to security issues, so far, the Taliban have issued 29 prohibitions on Afghan women, including prohibiting women from working outside the home, prohibiting women from engaging in any type of activity outside the home, prohibiting women from doing business with male businessmen, prohibiting women from going to school, prohibiting the use of cosmetics, etc.
In addition to the poverty they have always been, the living environment of Afghans has returned to 20 years ago overnight.
The Trudeau government has yet to respond to the Taliban's "call for help."
Source: Canada Presse
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