<p><em>Taliban fires flag-waving protesters</em><br />
<strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a></strong> has reliably gathered that Taliban fighters have killed many of its citizens in Afghanistan who embarked on protests.<br />
Some of the aggrieved citizens have carried Afghan flags as they take part in anti- Taliban protests in Jalalabad on Wednesday, August 18.<br />
By Thursday, August 19, the protests against the Taliban&#8217;s takeover in spread to more cities on Thursday, including the capital Kabul, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad in the eastern province of Kunar.<br />
&#8220;Our flag, our identity,&#8221; a crowd of men and women waving black, red and green national flags shouted in Kabul, a video posted on social media showed, on the day Afghanistan celebrates independence from British control in 1919.<br />
A witness reported gunshots near the rally, but they appeared to be Taliban firing into the air.<br />
Marchers chanted &#8220;God is greatest&#8221;. At some protests elsewhere, media have reported people tearing down the white flag of the Taliban.<br />
A Taliban spokesman was not immediately available for comment.<br />
Some demonstrations are small, but combined with a scramble by thousands of people to flee the country via Kabul airport they underline the challenge the Taliban will face to govern.<br />
The Islamist movement conquered <a href="https://www.reuters.com/">Afghanistan</a> at lightning speed as foreign troops withdrew, surprising even its leaders and leaving them to fill power vacuums in many places.<br />
Since seizing Kabul on Sunday, the Taliban have presented a more moderate face, saying they want peace, will not take revenge against old enemies and will respect the rights of women within the framework of Islamic law.<br />
During their previous rule from 1996-2001, they severely restricted women&#8217;s rights, staged public executions and blew up ancient Buddhist statues.<br />
In Asadabad, several people were killed during a rally, but it was unclear if the casualties resulted from Taliban firing or from a stampede that it triggered.<br />
&#8220;Hundreds of people came out on the streets,&#8221; witness Mohammed Salim said. &#8220;At first I was scared and didn&#8217;t want to go but when I saw one of my neighbours joined in, I took out the flag I have at home.<br />
&#8220;Several people were killed and injured in the stampede and firing by the Taliban.&#8221;<br />
Protests flared in the city of Jalalabad and a district of Paktia province, also both in the east.<br />
On Wednesday, Taliban fighters fired at protesters waving flags in Jalalabad, killing three, witnesses and media reported.<br />
&#8220;Salute those who carry the national flag and thus stand for the dignity of the nation,&#8221; First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who is trying to rally opposition to the Taliban, said on Twitter.<br />
Saleh said on Tuesday he was the &#8220;legitimate caretaker president&#8221; in Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled.</p>
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