25 Daesh affiliates surrendered to the Islamic Emirate through the mediation of tribal elders in the eastern province of Nangarhar, provincial officials said on Saturday.
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Mumtaz Raofi is all-too familiar with the Taliban.
Raofi is a native of Afghanistan who currently lives in Houston. He said he spent five years under Taliban rule, and that amount of time had a lasting impact on him.
He recalled a period when the Taliban would hang human limbs at an intersection in Kabul as a way to show Afghans what would happen to anyone who committed a crime. I was young, but I still remember that time, Raofi said.
With President Joe Biden s announcement that all United States troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, many are concerned that the absence of U.S. firepower will lead to a reemergence of the Taliban.