Kohdaman: More than 1,500 days of Taliban supporters attended a general meeting on Sunday in a broad field in northern Kabul, in the performance of strength when they consolidated their Afghan government.
The crowd, exclusively men and men, heard speech by leading the Taliban officials and commanders in Kohdaman Township in the outskirts of 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 Taliban and Black fighters in combat teeth carry Assault attacks, the speakers talk to the audience sitting in a row of chairs under the tent.
When the event took place, the more supporters arrived, leaving a few hundred sitting to watch from the chair in the middle of the sun.
Mawlawi Haqqani Muslim, Deputy Minister of Hajj and Religion, praised the takeover of Islamist hardliners, told Christians and Westerners had been defeated.
A series of men also revealed the United States, and one told many people to “respect the elders” because they were “Mujahids who fought against the Soviets” in the 1980s.
A speaker who was introduced as Rahmatullah, from Mir Bacha Kot nearby, said Taliban’s victory was “the results of the young men who stood in the queue to register for suicide attacks”.
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 arrived, 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 drove to the dust road on a pick-up truck to the site, like the others shouted “Allahu Akbar” (the greatest God) when they walked to 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.