Once they are out and a peace deal is reached, then a nationwide amnesty will be announced,” said Mujahid. TIRED OF WAR“I know there is no place for me if the Taliban return in their old style,” said Abdul, a 12-year police veteran currently working in the western province of Farah. Omaid Maisam, the deputy spokesman for Afghan Chief Executive officer Abdullah Abdullah, said the government protects human rights and the Taliban must accept the national constitution to shed their hardline image. Many believe the return on the Taliban would threaten the gains the country has made since 2001. “I am 100 percent confident that once they come back to power, they will be the same Taliban that ruled Afghanistan in the nineties.”

Source: Egypt Independent December 28, 2018 09:45 UTC