| Money changers bustle at a re-opened currency exchange market in Taliban-occupied Kabul, Afghanistan, on the 5th (local time). © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Dongmyung Woo |
New York, the United States, and the world are paying tribute to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
However, Afghan citizens who withdrew US troops have a resentment towards the US, Reuters reported on the 11th (local time).
The U.S. military, which occupied Afghanistan due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, hastily withdrew from Afghanistan recently. As a result, Afghanistan is in chaos, with the Taliban taking power again.
Citizens of Kabul are expressing their disappointment and anger towards the United States on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Reuters reported.
Abdul Waris, a resident of Kabul, said, “What will happen if the U.S. forces withdraw without even being able to seek a source for terrorism?
“Most young people think that the US military is not going to help the Afghan people,” he added.
Jalil Ahmad said, “After the 9/11 incident, Americans stayed in our country for 20 years for their own benefit. They spent 20 years achieving their goals, including killing al Qaeda leader bin Laden, but we got nothing. They just threw Afghanistan into chaos in the end.”
Gul Agha Ragumni said, “Now that the US forces withdrew and there is a power vacuum, I just hope that the Taliban will find stability.”
However, it is questionable whether the Taliban will bring stability to Afghanistan as he wishes.
Women in particular fear Taliban rule. Women enjoyed relative freedom when the US was stationed in Afghanistan. However, the Taliban are suppressing women’s human rights.
Since the Taliban came to power, cases of women being abused are not uncommon. In the past two weeks since the Taliban came to power, several women-led street protests have been disbanded and some have been detained.
When the Taliban came to power from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban imposed strict Islamic laws and severely limited women’s rights to work and education.
It was very difficult to find women on the streets of Kabul on September 11, Reuters said.
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