suhail shaheen a short time ago.ny must now be terrified because they are facing either an islamic emirate or bloody violence. exactly, and suhail shaheen wanted to make clear that bloody violence was something they wanted to avoid. we are hearing from the government as well as various different groups within afghanistan, who are saying kabul needs to remain intact. they have a memory of the city being flattened during the civil war, which is not something they want to see happen again. that is also part of the narrative, having built this country, this city for two decades, young women i am speaking to tell me they are terrified. they are destroying documents, for example, that have any mention that they may have gone to the american university of afghanistan or other institutions which have links to the west. so many people right now, so much chaos and desperation, so many people unsure about their future. its, unsure about their future. a colleague of mine spoke earlier about— colleague of mine spoke earlier about

suhail shaheen was promising a peaceful afghanistan, and a taliban that had changed.was about to meet another taliban leader. that was just a contact who's been communicating with a taliban commander from helmand, and we're hoping to meet him. i've just heard that he's ready to meet, not in helmand, but here in kabul. i mean, what's surprising about all of this is that quite a well known commander can make his way from helmand to the capital and feel quite comfortable being here. it makes you realise just how much they've infiltrated the city. the commander i was meeting had been released as part of the prisoner swap that took place last summer ? in the hope it would pave the way for peace talks. it's very hot, does he want water? do you want the taliban regime to come back into power? if we talk about law, orderandjustice, if someone were to steal or commit adultery, what should happen to them? what about girls going to school? can girls go to school andup until which age? but in your districts and villages that you live and fight, do girls go to school? and if so, u

in doha, i met with suhail shaheen, a member of the taliban peace negotiation team.would you govern? there was in the past some mistakes that we have learned from because at that time we were new to the government. to stop education of women and girls, that is not our goal. of course, education is their right and it is much needed. while suhail shaheen continues to talk about peace, it's clearly not a view shared by taliban commanders in afghanistan. back in kabul, taliban commander mulana from helmand agreed to meet me. do you think that there should be a power—sharing deal with the current government, like the discussions that are being had in doha? translation: we would be happy to have a joint government under. the umbrella of the islamic sharia. a sharia—based system in afghanistan is like the system the taliban used to have. if someone were to steal or commit adultery, what should happen to them? translation: all this is clearly stated in the koran. _ if someone steals, there is a punishment. for example, for some thefts, the punishment is cutting off the hand

earlier, i spoke to taliban spokesman suhail shaheen — about what they plan to do now.ir properties, their lives are safe, there will be no restraint on anything. we are deserving of the people and of this country. our leadership had instructed ourforces to remain at the gate of kabul, not to enter the city, we are awaiting a peaceful transfer of power. when you say peaceful transfer of power, what do you mean? what is actually likely to happen? it means that the city and the power should be handed over to the islamic emirate of afghanistan and then we will have an afghan inclusion, islamic government, in which all afghans will have participation. when you say participation, do you mean one vote, one person? what do you mean by participation? participation means that we will have, in the government, other afghans, they will be a part in the future government. but it will fall under the umbrella of the government of the taliban? the islamic emirate, as you describe it? yes, there will be, as i said, an afghan inclusion, islamic government. will there be a delegation goin

i travelled to doha to meet with suhail shaheen, a member of the taliban peace negotiation team.the past some mistakes that we have learned from, because at that time we were new to government. to stop education of women and girls, that is not our goal. of course, education is their right, and it is much needed. while suhail shaheen continues to talk about peace, it's clearly not a view shared by taliban commanders closing in on afghanistan's cities. back in kabul, a taliban commander from helmand agreed to meet me. what do you want? do you want the taliban regime to come back into power, or do you think there should be a power—sharing deal with the current government, like the discussions that are being had in doha? translation: we would be happy to have a joint government under. the umbrella of islamic sharia, a sharia—based system in afghanistan, like the system the taliban used to have. if we talk about law and order and justice, if someone were to steal or commit adultery, what should happen to them? translation: all this is clearly stated in the koran. _ if someone steals,

i travelled to doha to meet with suhail shaheen, a member of the taliban peace negotiation team.rnment. to stop education of women and girls, that is not our goal. of course, education is their right, and it is much needed. while suhail shaheen continues to talk about peace, it's clearly not a view shared by taliban commanders closing in on afghanistan's cities. back in kabul, a taliban commander from helmand agreed to meet me. what do you want? do you want the taliban regime to come back into power, or do you think there should be a power—sharing deal with the current government, like the discussions that are being had in doha? translation: we would be happy to have a joint government under. the umbrella of islamic sharia, a sharia—based system in afghanistan, like the system the taliban used to have. if we talk about law and order and justice, if someone were to steal or commit adultery, what should happen to them? translation: all this is clearly stated in the koran. _ if someone steals, there is a punishment. for example, for some thefts, the punishment is cutting off the han

my colleague yalda hakim spoke earlier to taliban spokesman suhail shaheen who is in doha where peaceking place. he said there would be a peaceful transfer of power and that women would be respected. the city and the power should be handed over to the islamic emirate of afghanistan and then in future we will have an afghan inclusive government in which all afghans will have participation. when you say participation, what do you mean? when you say participation, what do ou mean? ., . ., ., , you mean? participation means we will have them _ you mean? participation means we will have them all— you mean? participation means we will have them all in _ you mean? participation means we will have them all in the _ you mean? participation means we will have them all in the official - will have them all in the official government. but will have them all in the official government-— government. but it will all fall under the _ government. but it will all fall under the umbrella _ government. but it will all fall under the umbrella of - government. but it will all fall under the umbrella of the

on monday, taliban spokesman suhail shaheen told sky news the u.s. would face consequences if its troops remained in afghanistan into september. >> president biden announced august 31 they would withdrawal all of the military forces. so if they extend it, that means they are -- we are extending occupation. amy: thousands of people remain camped outside of kabul's airport in a desperate bid to fly to safety. the white house says the u.s. has evacuated more than 58,000 people since the taliban swept into kabul on august 14. on mony, the united nations top human rights official site to credible reports of serious human rights violations committed by the taliban, mmary executions of civilians and afghan soldiers who had surrendered, and severe restrictions on women and girls. meanwhile, "the washington post" reports cia director william burns held a secret meeting in kabul monday with the taliban's de facto leader abdul ghani baradar. it was reportedly the highest level face-to-face meeting between the taliban and the biden administration since the talib

spokesman who posts multiple times a day, and who represents the political office in doha, and suhail shaheen tweets in english. together they have hundreds of thousands of followers and the number is growing. their presence is growing criticism from smaller platforms like parlor. that company tweeted where you can hear from the taliban but not 45 the situation is rapidly evolving and will enforce rules prohibiting the glorification of violence, platform manipulation and spam banning the taliban comes with its own risks. youtube said it has terminated accounts that are owned and operated by the afghan taliban facebook erases content that praises or supports them and that has provoked the taliban itself calling out facebook specifically as having a double standard on freedom of speech. so, kelly this is an impossible dilemma for the big tech platforms. they're having to make these judgment calls in real time while they wait for the international community to reach consensus. >> who exactly is making the calls? >> facebook would like to punt this to international leaders like the un, for exampl

joining us now is suhail shaheen and was involved in negotiations with the united states. sir, the afghan ambassador says the taliban is carrying out mass executions and targeted killings in kandahar annika bull and the reporter in kabul said he is hearing the similar reports. what is your response that the forces are committing the atrocities? >> these allegations are totally baseless. totally wrong. they are the propaganda spread to another mislead the opinion of the world against us. of course there was when the forces and policemen created the outpost, the station and they fled. there was for a few hours -- and our forces were at that time the gate up in the kabul city. when we resealed the airport of damaging to -- from people's public properties then we entered the cities. now the security is maintained and our more forces from our side will enter in order to provide security to all parts of the city. >> you say your forces are providing security and we were getting calls and hearing messages from people who are saying that the taliban and their fighters have gone ho

posting multiple times a day there's also mohammed naeem, and spokesman suhail shaheen who tweets innistan is rapidly evolving and it will proactively enforce rules prohibiting the glorification of violence, platform manipulation and spam but it doesn't block the taliban outright and that's opened the company up to criticism from competitors like parlor, popular with conservatives in the u.srom th it tweeted big tech, where you can hear from the taliban but not 45, a reference to former president trump, who was kicked off twitter for life but banning the taliban, like facebook and youtube have done, can also be a risky position that's hard to enforce youtube has terminated accounts owned and operated by the afghan taliban. facebook also removes content that praises, supports or represents them. "the new york times" has discovered the taliban is still posting on both platforms. joining in the big-tech backlash, calling out facebook as having a double standard on free speech. the taliban curtails expression, especially for women these big social media platforms cannot escape the fact t

speaking to bbc world's yalda hakim, an official spokesman for the taliban, suhail shaheen, reiteratedwhich they— august. this is their commitment which they had announced, which they had already— which they had announced, which they had already announced. if they doubt abide _ had already announced. if they doubt abide by— had already announced. if they doubt abide by their commitment —— if they do not _ abide by their commitment —— if they do not abide — abide by their commitment —— if they do not abide by their commitment we are awaiting the decision of our leadership. we have a new phase of reconstruction. i think they should all come _ reconstruction. i think they should all come together to build our country— all come together to build our country in _ all come together to build our country in a peaceful way. but still it is not _ country in a peaceful way. but still it is not something to compel the afghans, — it is not something to compel the afghans, but only our advice to them that it _ afghans, but only our advice to them that it is _ afghans, but only our advice to them tha

a taliban spokesman, suhail shaheen, told the bbc that it would be a clear violation if foreign forcesw on august 31st. but several thousand people remain at the airport, desperate to flee the country. 16,000 people have left kabul as part of us evacuation efforts in the past 2a hours. about 1,800 people have been flown out by the british military on eight flights in the past 2a hours. nine more flights are expected in the next 2a hours. this morning the german military said a member of the afghan security forces has been killed in an exchange of fire with unidentified gunmen at the north gate of kabul airport. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is a vast, multinational operation. kabul airport full of military planes ferrying foreigners and afghans to safety all around the clock. but for how long? the taliban have said again that western troops must be out of the country by the end of the month. without their cooperation and america's huge presence, secondly, it is up to our leadership how to proceed and to find out decisions that they take. that decisions that they

their spokesman, suhail shaheen, has been speaking to bbc news.mposed. pashtana durrani is teacher and human rights activist who's speaking to us from an undisclosed location in afghanistan. see, for starters, you have to understand that what they say and what they are putting in practice, they are two different things. girls in herat were not even able to go to their universities and girls in other areas were asked to go home and their male relatives were asked to fill in for their positions in the bank. so, what they are saying, of course, they are looking for legitimacy from all of these different countries to be accepted as the legitimate government of afghanistan, but then at the same time, what they are doing in practice, either they don't have control of their foot soldiers or they really want the legitimacy but they are not willing to do the work. those are two different things. every time they talk about women, they are being very vague about it. what sort of women's rights are we talking about? the mobility rights, the socialising rights

the taliban spokesman, suhail shaheen, told the bbc that it would be a clear violation if foreign forcess from our political correspondent chris mason. queueing to get out, clinging on to possessions, to children. frightened and fleeing to an uncertain future. the thing that i think we've all [earned over the last week or so is that the timelines around which we plan are not always completely in our own control. now obviously, the more time that we've got, the more people we can evacuate and that's what we're pushing for. the ministry of defence says 5725 people have been evacuated from afghanistan in the last ten days. more than 1000 uk armed forces personnel are currently deployed in kabul. caught out and wrong—footed by the speed of the taliban's capture of afghanistan a week ago, western powers have been grappling to salvage what they can ever since. western powers have been grappling the limitations are obvious for all to see. president biden wants all american troops out by the end of the month. the uk is pressing for them to stay longer. the prime minister will make that case dire