By Ishaya Ibrahim
The Taliban have arrived Kabul, but remained at its fringe, waiting for the American Army to complete its evacuation mission before descending on the country’s capital.
The VOA reports that Taliban sources told it’s reporters that the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, has resigned and a transfer of power to the Taliban will take place within the week. He has also fled the country, leaving his countrymen behind.
The world is about to witness the birth of a puritanical Islamic government with it’s strict application of Sharia as it’s grundnorm. Sharia prescribes the cutting of hands for thieves and stonning to death for adultery. Christians and other minority people will be levelled with an unbelievers tax or Jizya under a Sharia state.
How a ragtag jihadists of about 70,000 fighters defeat better trained and equipped Afghan Army of 350,000 men is not difficult to speculate.
The Taliban fight in the name of Allah, and death in the process is an express ticket to Jannah (heaven). The Afghan Army, on the contrary, fight for country and money.
The VOA says Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said their fighters took control of Bagram Air Base and the prison there and freed its inmates. There were high-profile Taliban prisoners at Bagram, which served as the main base for the U.S.-led foreign military mission in Afghanistan.
The report says the speed of the Taliban offensive has shocked both locals and the international community. While violence in the country has been high since 2020, after the Taliban signed a deal with the United States, the latest campaign against Afghan cities has been unexpectedly fast.
The Taliban gains started with the capital of Nimruzon province August 6 and nine days later they have surrounded Kabul from all sides
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