"People are afraid for their lives," says Kabul resident

Record ID: 1633652

  • Title: "People are afraid for their lives," says Kabul resident
  • Date: 25th August 2021
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST 25, 2021) (REUTERS) AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES VEHICLES PATROLLING STREET, TALIBAN FLAG ON ONE VEHICLE TRAFFIC, STALL UMBRELLAS AT BAZAAR VARIOUS OF STALLHOLDERS AT BAZAAR, PEOPLE WALKING PAST STALLHOLDER SELLING MAIZE (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) UNIDENTIFIED AFGHAN VENDOR SELLING MAIZE, SAYING: "Well brother everything depends upon peace. Where there is peace, everything will be fine, business and daily life will be fine. These people who are leaving (the country) are doing this just because of insecurity. They don't want to stay here and are leaving because they fear war will start." STALLHOLDER USING CELL PHONE STALLHOLDERS AT BAZAAR, PEOPLE WALKING PAST STALLHOLDER SELLING MELONS (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) UNIDENTIFIED AFGHAN VENDOR AT BAZAAR, SAYING: "People are just coming to shop without any tension, men and women are coming. No one is bothering anyway. They don't eat people." STALLHOLDER AT BAZAAR, PEOPLE WALKING PAST (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) UNIDENTIFIED AFGHAN VENDOR AT BAZAAR, SAYING: "People are leaving, my brother, because they are afraid of complications in the future. People are afraid for their lives, brother." CITY STREET FROM A DRIVER'S PERSPECTIVE/PEOPLE WALKING AFGHANISTAN FLAG OUTSIDE BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 8th September 2021 12:46
  • Keywords: Afghanistan Islamist Kabul Taliban insurgents militants
  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ERS0GNB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING
    Vehicles patrolled Kabul streets with a Taliban flag flying on Wednesday (August 25), while bazaar vendors said they hoped for peace under Taliban rule.
    The Taliban has said all foreign evacuations must be completed by Aug. 31, and asked the United States to stop urging talented Afghans to leave, while also trying to persuade people at the airport to go home, saying they had nothing to fear.
    "Everything depends upon peace. Where there is peace, everything will be fine, business and daily life will be fine," said an unidentified Afghan vendor selling maize in a bazaar.
    Another vendor said there appeared to be peace so far but people were uncertain about the future.
    Leaders of the Taliban, who have sought to show a more moderate face since capturing Kabul, have begun talks on forming a government that have included discussions with some old enemies, including former President Hamid Karzai.
    Many Afghans fear reprisals and a return to a harsh version of sharia (Islamic law) that the Taliban enforced when in power from 1996 to 2001, in particular the repression of women.
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