Taliban spokesman says he wants to “forget what happened in the past” in New York Times interview

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The Taliban “want to build the future and forget what happened in the past,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an interview with The New York Times, the first time he has spoken to a Western media outlet since the group took control of most of Afghanistan earlier this month.

This is the Taliban’s latest attempt to assure Afghans and the international community that they intend to be more lenient than when they were in power – an effort that has been met with skepticism by many. many analysts, who see it as nothing more than a relationship campaign. Regardless, Mujahid denied reports of retaliatory killings outside Kabul, said women will not need to be accompanied by a male guardian unless they are take trips that last longer than three days and a warning to stay home is only temporary. , and reiterated that Afghans with valid travel documents are still free to leave the country.

One thing he acknowledged is that music will be banned in public again, but he said the Taliban hope to “persuade” rather than “pressure” people to comply with such restrictions. Read more on The New York Times.

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