Taliban Holds Gathering to Garner People’s Support in Nangarhar

The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported that Mohajer Farahi, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of the group, addressed a gathering in Nangarhar aimed at preserving and strengthening the Taliban regime.

Farahi also emphasised that it is important to clarify the responsibilities which lie with the people of Afghanistan.

Noor Mohammad Hanif, the provincial director of Information and Culture of the Taliban in Nangarhar, also said that this meeting was held to garner support for the Taliban regime. During the gathering, Hanif urged people to stand up for the Taliban.

Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday that clerics, teachers, tribal elders, and other citizens in Nangarhar participated in the Taliban gathering.

Afghan analysts have repeatedly said that the Taliban government lacks the support of the people of Afghanistan due to the group violating human rights and imposing restrictions on girls and women. Many countries and human rights organisations consider the Taliban government to be an ethnocentric regime.

On Wednesday, Abbas Stanikzai, the deputy foreign minister of the Taliban, said in an interview with TOLOnews that no country has promised to recognise the Taliban so far.