KABUL: (MEP) – The Taliban have clandestinely distributed Shabnamah—an unsigned leaflet containing threats—in northern Baghlan, demanding the people not to participate in the elections.
The pamphlets distributed by the armed oppositions have described the Afghan Police and Army as hirelings, provoking the anger of security forces.
In the leaflets, the Taliban have called on the prayer leaders and religious scholars to demand the people to not take part in the elections.
Denouncing Nigh Letters, the police chief of Baghlan has said the enemies of Afghanistan didn’t want the people to live peaceful live.
“They have asked our prayer leaders to prevent the people from taking part in the polls, they have described the police as hireling, but I think hireling means Taliban,” police chief Aminullah Amarkhail said. “Hireling means those holding foreigner’s guns killing the innocent Afghan civilians, hireling means those who have left their family in Pakistan but are fighting in Afghanistan.”
Complaining of Taliban presence, a resident of Baghlan said, “My brother joined the peace process but later the insurgents came to his home and killed him along with his children.”
As the war-hit country is getting closer to the historic elections, the Taliban have also intensified their efforts to stop people from attending the polls.
