KABUL: Gone is Western clothes that are favored by fashion-conscious in the Afghan capital, with men on the streets now wearing traditional Shalwar Kameez.
And almost no woman looks.
“Fear is there,” said a shopkeeper on Tuesday, asking not to be named after he opened the store of his environmental provisions.
Living back to normal in Kabul as a resident who was careful out of their homes to see what life would be like under the Taliban followed the stunning return on weekends.
For some people, as if the last 20 years had never happened.
There have been signs that people change the way they live to accommodate the return of the new hardline Islamic regime – if not with direct orders, then at least for self-preservation.
During their first task in power – from 1996 to 2001 when they were overthrown by the US-led invasion after the September 11 attacks – The Taliban ordered Kabulwith as a strict interpretation of the Quran and Sharia Law.
Fast whip behind the legs by cadres of service for virtues and prevention of representatives is a common thing in times of praying.
Public floggings, amputation of limbs for thieves and even executions are scheduled on Friday – sometimes held at the National Stadium.
The prohibition in mixed schools means that most girls cannot get education, and women are prohibited from working in the scenario where they may have contact with men.
There is no Tuesday sign that strict steps have been re-introduced – or even – but people do not take risks.
“People are afraid of unknown people,” other shopkeepers said.
“Taliban patrolled the city in a small convoy.
They don’t harass people but of course people are afraid.” The sign of a new age was seen on the TV station that breeded during the taliban absence.
State TV shows most of the programs or announcements of Islamic recorded earlier from Maulvi Ishaq Nizami – a man introduced as a Sharia Chief, Taliban media.
Tolo TV, private channels that developed over the past two decades on a mixture of western style games, soap operas and talent contests, have stopped regular programming and now shows the repetition of Turkish drama about the Turkish Empire about the Turkish Empire.
They did it, however, had news broadcasts with a female presenter who interviewed a Taliban official.
On Tuesday the Taliban announced “General Amnesty” for all government officials, and urged them to return to work.
“You have to start a routine life with full confidence,” said the announcement – and some appeared to accept the suggestion to the heart, with a white-covered traffic police reappeared on the streets for the first time in the days, even though no matter how regular .
Suhail Shaheen, one of the official Taliban spokeses, repeatedly on Monday night that women would not face a threat in the future.
“The right to their education is also protected,” he said, but the Taliban in general is not clear in a statement about how they will rule Afghanistan, in addition to saying it will be in accordance with Islamic principles.
Interaction with individual Taliban fighters on the streets have been mixed.
“Some are friendly and don’t care at all,” said a man who tried to go to his office past the Taliban examination post.
“But the others are tough …
they encourage you to go around and shout at you for no reason.”