The Taliban moved to quickly restart the Afghan capital following their stunning takeover of Kabul.
KABUL - The Taliban moved Tuesday to quickly restart the Afghan capital following their stunning takeover of Kabul and told government staff to return to work, though residents reacted cautiously and few women took to the streets.
US-led forces invading following the September 11 attacks, in response to the Taliban giving sanctuary to Al-Qaeda, and toppled them.Now the Taliban are back in power, they have sought to project an air of restraint and moderation, including by on Tuesday announcing a"general amnesty" for government workers.
However schools and universities remain closed, few women openly took to the streets and men had shed their Western clothes for traditional garb."The fear is there," said a shopkeeper who asked not to be named after opening his small neighbourhood provisions store. It capped a staggeringly fast rout of all cities in just 10 days, and achieved with relatively little bloodshed, following two decades of war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.
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