Herat, Aaghanistan: Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan more than three and a half months ago amid the withdrawal of US soldiers and their NATO, their fighters have changed the role, from a fucked guerrillas in the mountains and fields running the country.
Many Taliban soldiers now have a new job: Manning checkpoints on the streets and patrol security in and around the cities and cities of Afghanistan.
Last month, several Taliban fighters posed for portrait photos for the Associated Press on the night patrol and at the checkpoint in the western city of Herat.
One of them, Ahmad Guardian is 21 years old, is patrolling the village of Kalagh room, north of Herat.
A student at the Islamic school known as a madrasa, he said he joined the Taliban because he believed in the teachings of the Koran and opposed the presence of America in his country and against the previous Afghan government, which was widely criticized by corruption.
Now, he said, he was very busy with his new responsibility which provided security in the area assigned.
He hopes he and his country will have a bright future, and say he`s “ 99% sure ” a better day will come for everyone in Afghanistan.
After the Taliban takeover in mid-August, Afghanistan was dilapidated and signaled the economy that depends on the full crisis.
The international community has held back hundreds of millions of dollars in financing that the state with 38 million people rely on.
Billions of dollars in Afghan assets abroad have been frozen.
The Afghan banking system has largely cut off from the world, and the new Taliban rulers are largely unable to pay salaries, while work throughout the economy has disappeared.
Women have been largely prohibited from the labor market, except for certain professions, and from secondary school education, while tens of thousands of people, including highly educated professionals, have escaped or tried to escape from Afghanistan, which leads to the brain tract.