Despite Taliban leaders pushing a public message of magnanimity, a return to brutal public spectacles appears to be underway.
A South African contractor staying in a camp at Kabul’s airport has described the “apocalyptic scenes” he witnessed.
A US Military Intelligence Report, known as the “State of the Taliban 2012”, was leaked to the BBC and The Times recently. This report shows that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, is set to take control of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US and NATO forces. That’s pretty damn scary.