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Afghanistan
House-to-House Search and Alleged 25 Arrests in Northern Afghanistan
2022-07-19
[KhaamaPress] Local sources in the northern Afghan province of Samangan say that Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
forces are still searching homes door to door in Aybak, the province’s capital. Additionally, 25 young people are said to have been arrested as a result of these searches, according to some domestic news sources.

On Sunday, July 17, the Taliban reportedly began house-to-house searches in various areas of Aybak city and carried them out until late at night, with 25 young individuals reportedly detained during these searches.

According to sources, a door-to-door search was resumed this morning in the Karte Sulha neighborhood, which is near the city of Aybak.

This is despite the fact that the Taliban had already searched people’s houses in Kabul calling it a "search and clear" operation, in the capital of Afghanistan.

Regarding the search of people’s houses in Samangan, the local Taliban authorities have not yet made any comment.

Afghans have been terrified by the house searches, which have brought up terrifying memories of previous house searches by previous governments.

The Afghan people have been forthright in posting images and videos of the chaos the Taliban forces have wrought on social media, criticizing what they call "violations of privacy," "intrusive behavior," and "suppressing dissent".
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Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Those are far out of their reach, at least the ones who are still active. The good ones who took sides with Massoud and Saleh before the two departed at a goodly pace have become the new resistance. Some of the NRF is still active in Panjshir, in Faryab, in Baghlan. Guerillas. Everyone else mostly made peace with the Taliban even before they'd won. Hell, that's probably the reason they won. Most ex-alliance, ANDSF, they all stand proudly saluting the turbans nowadays. And Taliban made good on promises to some who were influential enough. They're learning politics as they go.

Subversives and spies, yes, there may be many. Aybak though, is a city. Peaceful, what passes for a metropolis in this hellhole, some 80 klicks south east of Mazhar e Sharif. If there are NRF guys and gals here, or some kind of cells left by Massoud still hunkering down in residentials, they're stupid.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-07-19 23:32  

#3  I’d assumed they were looking for rebels — Northern Alliance, former Afghan army special forces, that kind of thing.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-07-19 22:59  

#2  And let's face it, there's a criminal in practically every moslem home.

Of course, if they can find subversives, shiites, Christians, that sort of thing the Taliban police will just make up charges and take them too.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-07-19 10:12  

#1  Just in case you're wondering just wtf is being searched for, because the article won't say...

These are essentially police operations. Small time criminals, drug peddlers, thugs and loud mouths, rapists and 'naughty men'. As we all know, moslems are way more efficient at doing to moslems exactly what they deserve. And they shall. The talibs are trying to establish an administration that looks legit.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-07-19 10:10  

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