- Taliban has increased its recruiting efforts in order to fulfill a vow to keep the country secure.
- The Taliban’s ultimate commander has not been seen in public since the organization seized control over three months ago
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Haibatullah Akhunzada, the Taliban’s top leader, has cautioned the organization that there may be “unknown” entities among their ranks that are “working against the will of the government.”
The threat was issued in a message attributed to Akhunzada, which was extensively shared on Taliban social media channels on Thursday.
The Taliban’s ultimate commander has not been seen in public since the organization seized control over three months ago, taking Kabul on August 15 and proclaimed an Islamic emirate as US soldiers departed after a decades-long occupation.
Since the Taliban took control of the country, its leadership has repeatedly warned of impostors and criminals joining the group in an effort to harm its image.
In September, acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob raised concerns in an audio message.
“There are some bad and corrupt people who want to join us … To fulfil their own interest or to defame us and make us look bad,” he said.
Yaqoob, the son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, went on to say that any rogue members inside the ranks will be dealt with.
In recent months, the Taliban has increased its recruiting efforts in order to fulfill a vow to keep the country secure. However, the group has suffered a succession of devastating attacks by competitors, particularly the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, ISKP (ISIS-K), an ISIL-affiliated armed force.
At least 19 individuals were killed in an ISKP-claimed attack on a military hospital in Kabul on Tuesday.
The Taliban also declared a nationwide amnesty and promised to allow private media companies to continue to operate freely and independently, but However, there have been reports of some Taliban fighters allegedly abusing journalists, and others have been accused of forcibly seizing property in several provinces.
Following the reports, Akhunzada’s office issued a decree in late September banning the group’s members from entering homes and offices “in Kabul or its surroundings under the pretext of checking vehicles or equipment. No one is allowed to take vehicles or equipment” in the name of the Afghan government, it said.
However, there have been continued reports of Taliban fighters forcing hundreds of families out of their homes in the central province of Daikondi.
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