{"id":598486,"date":"2023-08-14T13:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=598486"},"modified":"2023-08-14T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:53:08","slug":"2-years-in-power-contrasting-luxury-for-high-ranking-taliban-misery-for-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/other-news\/2023-08-14\/2-years-in-power-contrasting-luxury-for-high-ranking-taliban-misery-for-others\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Years In Power: Contrasting luxury for high-ranking Taliban, misery for others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kabul, Aug 14 (EFE).- The transition of the Taliban from an insurgent group hiding in the mountains to running urban administrations marks a contrasting modus vivendi for high and low-ranking ex-fighters after two years of the Islamists in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rss-efe7e27def3ac6cf48243836fca895159f03e9eef10w.jpg\" alt=\"Taliban members stand in front of a portrait of the then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as they attend a ceremony at the Governor's office after being released by authorities, in Herat, Afghanistan, 26 May 2020. EFE-EPA\/FILE\/JALIL REZAYEE\n\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"media-content-img\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While high-ranking officials enjoy luxurious lifestyles with lavish homes, cars, and amenities, along with multiple wives, the story is different for lower-ranked Taliban members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rss-efe7bd6ced8370db7903865e7fdbda1d2e3d6063237w.jpg\" alt=\"A Taliban prisoner looks on during his release from Bagram prison in Parwan province, Afghanistan, 26 May 2020. EFE-EPA\/FILE\/STR\n\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"media-content-img\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Taliban stormed into power on Aug. 15, 2021, their members faced challenges adapting to the demands of office life and a civilized environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its initial days, the Taliban ran the government machinery by retaining technical personnel from the previous government even as they confronted ideological resistance from ex-staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Islamist ex-combatants embarked on a learning curve of governance and offered its members opportunities to acquire administrative skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the transition from insurgency to governance came with contrasting living conditions for the Taliban haves and have-nots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those down in the ranks, government responsibilities brought about massive pressure and challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many Taliban members, a settled life meant taking on family responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movement previously covered their family needs, but the new reality came with a demand for financial support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for the higher-ups, the shift brought luxury and expansive lifestyles, as they occupied the homes of former government officials and ministers, a middle-ranked Taliban member told EFE anonymously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high-ranking Taliban officials also got chances to travel and host parties, sometimes at places previously targeted by their fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taliban official Qari Rahmatullah Gulzad told EFE he wanted to raise a family. \u201cMy wife was not able to bear a child as she got old. Therefore I married again, and thank god, I have hope for a child now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High-ranked Taliban official Haji Agha was enjoying with his friends and bodyguards at the Spogmai restaurant in the Qargha area of Kabul province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eatery was targeted by the Taliban in 2012, killing 20 people. Spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid then famously said they would target all such places where foreigners eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now flanked by his friends, Haji Agha praised the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis (restaurant) is a nice place, with a beautiful view, and some delicious food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue of polygamy by Taliban officials stirred controversy as their members and the Afghans, in general, objected to the extravaganza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the officials offered various justifications, citing the need for positive change and happiness after years of war and deprivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are prohibited from other ways and the Sharia has given us this option (of having multiple wives,\u201d said Mawlawi Ahmad Ikhlas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, critics say such lifestyle evidenced corruption, particularly given the dire economic circumstances faced by the majority of the population in a country ravaged by decades of debilitating conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social activist Habibullah Taqwa told EFE that 95 percent of the Afghan population did not have adequate food to eat, and such a lavish lifestyle in a short period was \u201cevidence of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many ex-fighters, accustomed to a life of combatants, now find themselves battling the mundane bureaucracy and official rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haji Akhtar, 38, a former guerrilla, who spent several years of his youthful life-fighting in the rugged terrain, spoke of his shift from wartime freedom to the constraints of governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the time of jihad, it was a very simple life. All we had to do was to plan ambushes,\u201d Akhtar, now an interior ministry official, told EFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The switchover required adjusting to a new way of life, albeit slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is a very wearisome life, coming every morning and staying for more than nine hours for a little work, actually no work,\u201d Akhtar said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civilian life also exposed Taliban members to a society more complex than they had thought during their wartime days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They had preconceived notions of cities, which they thought were bastions of unIslamic activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But seminaries, mosques, and people following Islamic Sharia in urban centers shattered the notions \u2013 brick by brick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were told that activities are against the Sharia, especially in cities,\u201d ex-fighter Qari Zahid, 28, now a government employee, told EFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some even regretted the devastation they caused during their battles against the former Western-backed government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One example was the Kabul-Kandahar road, once vulnerable to Taliban-planted explosives, now the only route connecting the two cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transformation was equally challenging for those tasked with maintaining security, as former ambushers and snipers find their current lives starkly contrasting with their previous thrills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe used to be free most of the time (in our previous role), but now I spend the entire day under the hot sun on the streets checking cars and handling traffic six days a week,\u201d said Zabiullah Sarubiwal, 25, a security member at a Kabul checkpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Controlling protests by women and girls, an unfamiliar experience, poses a separate challenge for the Taliban security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we hit them, it\u2019s not good but if we do not, the protesters will create problems,\u201d Raza Khan, a Taliban security member, told EFE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khan recalled how he dispersed a demonstration using water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA woman was drenched and she dropped on the road. 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