WASHINGTON: Some federal agents operating in Afghanistan and work with Afghans have rushed to clean their website, remove articles and photos that can endanger Afghan civilians who interact with them and are now afraid of retribution from the Taliban.
Online scouring campaign seems to begin last weekend when it became clear that Afghan security forces really collapsed and the Taliban would take over the country much faster than the most worrying official predictions.
The concern is that the Taliban or his supporters will look for websites and identify Afghans who have worked with America or only benefit from their services.
Ned Price State Department spokesman said the department advised personnel to find and remove social media and website content featuring civilians due to Afghan contact security “was the most important” for the government.
“Foreign department policy just to delete content with an extraordinary situation like this.
By doing it, department personnel follow the retention requirements of records,” US price said for international development said in a statement operated in Afghanistan began to clean the website last Friday – one The day after the decision was made to send us a military to secure Kabul Airport when the capital collapsed.
“Given the security situation in Afghanistan, and out of a lot of caution to our staff safety, partners, and beneficiaries, we review the general website and social USAID and Social Social.
Media to archive content that can rise to certain individuals and groups, “Agency said in an email to Assoc Press IIAAT.
An official with the Ministry of Agriculture said a similar scouring effort was taking place there.
The official was talking to anonymous conditions because they were not removed to talk about this problem.
A press review related to the USDA website reveals at least seven different links with a press release or blog posts related to Afghanistan, when clicked, default to the page stating “Access denied: You are not allowed to access this page.” While a lot of attention has focused on protecting Afghan translators and other people working with the US military, soldiers are just a portion of personnel A.S.
operating in Afghanistan over the past two decades.
Organizations, including USAID, the elements of the Ministry of Agriculture and others, began arriving in Afghanistan in early 2002, within a few months after the decline in the previous Taliban government, which focused on the development of state infrastructure, the state education and agricultural sector.
Recently June, USAID announced M.S.
Provides more than $ 266 million additional humanitarian aid to help Afghanistan.
The total humanitarian aid for Afghanistan amounted to more than $ 543 million since the 2020 fiscal year, according to USAID’s press announcement.
Money brings total humanitarian aid A.S.
up to almost $ 3.9 billion since 2002, the broadcast said.
In some post agriculture which is now defectively seen by the Associated Press, some, but not all, contains clear details will be seen by the Taliban as proof of collaboration, such as names and photos of Afghan Agricultural Specialists and Government Officials who visit the US in several delegates or scholarships sponsored by the USDA.
Others are more harmless, such as articles about Minnesota farmers who donate more than 2,500 bushels of soybean seeds to their Afghan colleagues.
The fact that they have also been rubbed from sites that might indicate the level of caution used – only that all parts of the material related to Afghanistan are rushed in large batches.
One scrubbed article clarified that even while the American military was deployed throughout the country, Afghan civilians and government officials in the danger of retaliation for the lowest associations with the US government.
It tells in detail the USDA work relationship with members of regional agricultural authorities in a province near Kabul.
The USDA helps coordinate Shura (Townhall Meeting) between members of the local council and farmers.
The article, which includes a photo meeting, recorded more than 250 farmers emerged despite the threat of rebels from “violence against farmers or government officials planning to attend meetings or work with the USDA.” The author praises government officials “who risk their safety every day to bring progress and opportunities for their fellow Afghanistan.”