Late last winter, the Taliban have made an agreement with the USA to halt the violence in Afghanistan and start exchanging prisoners of war with the Afghan Government. Allegedly, the Taliban got from the US delegation the promise that the Afghan Government would release about 5.000 Taliban prisoners, but apparently that did not happened …Continuar lendo “Not even COVID-19 has been able to stop the fighting in Afghanistan”
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Taliban – from armed insurgency to political party.
Al Jazeera TV channel has recently announced that the Taliban will release 20 Afghan government prisoners as a “goodwill step.” It will be the first time the Taliban has released prisoners following the February peace agreement between the Taliban and U.S. The release comes days following the government’s release of 300 Taliban prisoners. It seemsContinuar lendo “Taliban – from armed insurgency to political party.”
O financiamento dos Taliban
No ano de 2012, quando iniciei uma longa missão para as Nações Unidas no Afeganistão (UNAMA), fiquei intrigado acerca da “capacidade de tesouraria” dos Taliban para financiar tantas acções político/propagandistas e ofensivas militares. Cada suicida garantia um chorudo pagamento compensatório à sua família, havia salários de inúmeros combatentes para pagar, aquisição de armas e munições,Continuar lendo “O financiamento dos Taliban”
Taliban “Price List”
Back in 2012, right after arriving to Kabul, I was made aware that I should be permanently cautious, wherever I was, because my head was worth 20.000 US Dollars (USD). That was how much the Taliban shadow Government would pay anyone that would kill a foreigner officer. That specify price made me wonder if thereContinuar lendo “Taliban “Price List””
A “Lista de Preços Taliban”
Em 2012, aquando do check-in na missão das Nações Unidas em Cabul-Afeganistão (UNAMA), uma das coisas que era dita logo à entrada era: – “Mantenham sempre uma atitude vigilante em relação à vossa segurança, porque a vossa cabeça vale 20 000 Dólares Americanos (USD)”. Era quanto o Governo Sombra Taliban pagava pela captura e decapitaçãoContinuar lendo “A “Lista de Preços Taliban””
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