Kohdaman, Afghanistan: About 1,000 Taliban supporters attended a general meeting on Sundays in a wide field in the north of Kabul, in the performance of strength when they consolidated their Afghan government.
The crowd, was only made from men and boys, listening to speeches with leading Taliban officials and commanders in Kohdaman Township in the outskirts of the hilly capital.
The rally is the first of its kind in the capital since the Islamic group seized the control of the country seven weeks ago following the lightning offensive.
Flanked by the standard and white and black Taliban fighters in full battle fixtures carrying the assault rifle, the speakers talk to the audience sitting in a row of chairs under the tent.
To begin the process, the fighter procession brings flags and weapons – including rocket launchers – parades around the crowd.
Some of the most unarmed supporters waved homemade posters, while others wear red or white Taliban headbands.
The tribal elders watch cross-legged from the side of the stage.
When people began to arrive, music respected the Taliban victory echoing around the location when dozens of heavy armed fighters in military fighter fibers stood guards.
“America is defeated, impossible, impossible – but maybe!” Said one song.
Some pro-Taliban slogans were sung when they were driven down the dust road on a pick-up truck to the site, like the others shouted “Allahu Akbar” (the greatest God) when they walked into the shade in front of the stage.
At the turn towards the city, around 10 armed fighters lined up on the road under a large banner respecting the dead Taliban commander and admitted “Kohdaman people’s support for the Afghan Islamic Emirates in the actions of freeing the country”.
Last Thursday, the Taliban had loudly cracked down on demonstrations of small women’s rights in East Kabul, firing shots into the air to disperse protesters.
Then, Gunmen pushed back the women’s protesters when they tried to continue the demonstration, while a foreign journalist was beaten with a rifle and blocked from filming.
A Taliban warrior released a brief burst of a shot into the air with his automatic weapon, AFP journalist saw.
Isolated anti-Taliban rally – with women at the forefront – staged in cities throughout the country after the group seized power, including in the western city of Herat where two people were shot dead.
But protests have shrunk because the government issued orders that prohibit demonstrations that have no previous authorization, warning “severe legal action” for violators.
A handful of advanced has been criticized as a carefully regulated publicity action, including a general meeting at Kabul University where hundreds of women who are fully covered are beneficial support for the new regime.