SHOCK AND AWE
Shocking moment Taliban cover ‘thief’ in tar and parade him on truck as ‘Angels of Salvation’ troops stalk Kabul
THIS is the disturbing moment Taliban fighters covered a "thief" in tar and paraded him on a truck as "Angels of Salvation" troops stalk Kabul.
The shocking footage shows the alleged car thief strapped to the back of a vehicle with his face smothered in tar and his hands tied behind his back as crowds gather around to gawp.
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The Taliban thugs - dubbed the "Angels of Salvation" - have reportedly been going door-to-door and dragging alleged thieves, political opponents and activists from their homes at gunpoint.
The militants have been filmed pointing rocket launchers at people who have been pulled from their homes in a terrifying crackdown in Kabul.
And footage obtained by Fox News showed a convoy of Taliban fanatics roaring down a street in the Afghan capital and opening fire while reportedly hunting for activists and government workers.
We are trapped, we cannot do anything, the Taliban are everywhere.
Kabul resident
Despite the terror group's claims it had reformed, thugs also gunned down a woman in the street for not wearing a burqa as death squads rampage across the country, according to reports.
According to , the woman was executed in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province, for not wearing an Islamic veil in public as Afghans face a new horror reality under the ruthless rule of the terror group.
A photo of the alleged killing shows a woman lying in a pool of blood as relatives and members of the public crouch around her.
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The Taliban are now tightening their grip on power following their lightning victory that has shocked the world.
A 21-year-old woman who was teaching in Kandahar before it fell described how she had fled to Kabul - but now she is living fear that the Taliban will soon come knocking on her door.
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She told BBC Radio 4: "When the Taliban attacked and captured Kandahar we were unable to live anymore, because of the shooting, the bombing and the killing of innocent civilians.
"Now I'm taking refuge here in Kabul because of Taliban. But when it comes to Taliban we never expected this, that Kabul would be captured and the city has fallen.
"But now we are trapped, we cannot do anything, the Taliban are everywhere.
"I feel personally at risk from the Taliban because I was working for an educational organisation and the Taliban do not accept this, now I do not feel safe at all."
She added: "I am here taking refuge in Kabul, I do not leave the house, I do not even go for something I really need. I'm afraid, I'm like a prisoner in my own home.
"They are going house-to-house, they are asking what people have been doing, they want to know who lives where.
They are going house-to-house, they are asking what people have been doing, they want to know who lives where.
Kabul resident
"Yesterday, I saw their car passing through our street, so we collected all the documents and ID we had in the house and hid it."
Another woman named only as Manizha was at home with her siblings and her mum in a small northern village when the Taliban knocked at their door.
The 25-year-old described how the militants had come to the house demanding her mum cook for their men.
She told : "My mother told them, 'I am poor, how can I cook for you?'
"The Taliban started beating her. My mother collapsed, and they hit her with their guns - AK47s."
Manizha said she shouted at the fighters to stop, but they hurled a grenade into a neighbouring room and fled as the house became engulfed in flames.
She said her mum, Najia, later died from the horror beating.
On Wednesday, at least three people were killed in anti-Taliban protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad as the militant group tried to set up a government.
More than a dozen people were injured after the Taliban opened fire on protesters in the eastern city, two witnesses and a former police official told Reuters.
AIRPORT CHAOS
And last night, Taliban thugs reportedly attacked women and children with whips and sticks before firing their guns amid chaos at the airport in Kabul.
At least half dozen people were injured, including a mother and young boy.
Thousands of citizens have been waiting outside the airport for a way out - but jihadi thugs used gunfire, whips, sticks, and sharp objects to maintain the crowds, reports claim.
One devastating snap shows a man carrying a bloodied child while another is pictured crying directly into the camera.
Two men tried to save a woman who was injured amid the chaos.
Afghans were left in tears as they watched their fellow countrymen being brutalized by Taliban militants in the jam-packed streets of Kabul.
And at least 17 people were injured today in a stampede at the airport as the chaos continues.
FRANTIC EVACUATION
General Sir Nick Carter, the UK's chief of the defence staff, said they are working with the Taliban to ensure people can leave - but he warned there are "a lot of challenges on the ground".
Gen Sir Nick said he expects seven aircraft to head to Kabul, which will allow another 1,000 people to leave on Wednesday.
He told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "There are a lot of desperate people trying to get to the airport, and subject to the situation remaining calm, which the Taliban are working hard to achieve alongside us, the system will work, we believe.
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"At the moment we are collaborating with the Taliban on the ground, who are providing security.
"They are making sure that the centre of Kabul is very calm at the moment and so far we have not had reports of people finding it difficult to get to the airport."
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