and the taliban, they are focused on snuffing out our position and putting in strict control on women and girls. my guest is the former first vice president, now a senior figure in the national resistance front. he is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. it is a year since the taliban slipped into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part of. will you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, from your point of view? for the taliban, it from your point of view? for the taliban, it has from your point of view? pr? the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure, but it has exposed their intentions in face to the afghan people and they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed the women into shadows and all of those people who were architects of the handover of afghanistan, the taliban, justifying that t
for most of your adult life. you have lost friends, associates and family members and indeed, ithink associates and family members and indeed, i think i m associates and family members and indeed, ithink i m right in saying that your brother was killed by the taliban after the takeover just last september. are you motivated by personal reasons as much is anything right now? reasons as much is anything riahtnow? ~ , ., ., right now? absolutely. you are riuht. right now? absolutely. you are right- it s right now? absolutely. you are right. it s for me right now? absolutely. you are right. it s for me personal, - right. it s for me personal, ethnic, nationaland right. it s for me personal, ethnic, national and political, all combined. and i think i am, in that circumstance, an embodiment of most of those opposing the taliban, are, various layers of motivations to stand against this very cruel dictatorship which the afghan history has seen. the country cannot afghan history has seen
they re very strong. the women are very strong. i feel, give them time and they will assert their rights. how much time? years? a year, two years, three years? three years? at the moment, john, it s just too early to say anything because it s barely been a month. after 20 years of civil war, they have come back into power. in a short period of time, we will know the direction they are going. i think we know it now. i don t know. i m an optimist. i think there is a chance that there will be peace in afghanistan after a0 years, and once there s peace and stability, the afghan people strong enough, they will reserve their rights. afghan history shows us that
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