Taliban fighters violently dispersed the first sizable protest in Kabul since last month’s insurgent victory, showing that Afghanistan’s new rulers won’t tolerate public opposition
KABUL—Taliban fighters violently dispersed the first sizable protest in Kabul since last month’s insurgent victory, showing that Afghanistan’s new rulersTuesday’s protest was triggered by the presence in Kabul of Lt. Gen.
Faiz Hameed, the head of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, who is involved in talks toward forming a new Taliban-led administration. Pakistan has supported the Afghan Taliban since the Islamist movement was born in the 1990s.
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