baseball THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT markets Page 16 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 9 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2021 / MUHARRAM 10, 1443 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17766 16 PAGES 150 FILS U.S. MILITARY AIRLIFT FROM KABUL TO ACCELERATE ‘Everyone is forgiven,’ says Taliban Biden stands by withdrawal Opinion May those cheering for ‘Taliban’ enjoy a stay in caves of Tora Bora By Ahmed Al-Jarallah over the past few days to indicate that what Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times happened in Afghanistan stemmed from their deviant ideology on which the group was FAITH and hypocrisy never meet ... hence the founded, as well as the ideas of Abu Al-Ala discourse of the Muslim Brotherhood Group Al-Mawdudi, Sayyid Qutub and others who has been exposed since the emergence of the viewed violence as a way to establish an Is- group. It used hypocrisy as a way to reach lamic state according to their vision. people, but its misrepresentation behind the On the other hand, they forget that the mask of faith exposed its reality more than Taliban made its way to control with the concealing it. clear support of the Iranian regime, and those Based on this fact, the group cheering for the whom the Muslim Brotherhood Group con- Taliban’s invasion of Afghanistan and the rapid sidered for decades as atheists and infidels... collapse of the Afghan government and army Here I mean, Russia and China. is nothing but a smoke screen. Their talk about After the fall of Kabul, they immediately the return of “awakening” and “jihadi liberation announced that they would recognize the new from the abomination of foreign occupation” government. At the same time, the Muslim represent an attempt to float the self mired in Brotherhood Group supported enemies in political failure, following their disappointment several Arab countries. This makes us won- in capturing Egypt, Syria and Libya, and the col- der how summer and winter can exist under lapse of the spider web they built in Tunisia. the same cloud! All this makes those who are looking for a About four million Afghans left the country mirage to consider it as a sign of the victory immediately after the movement announced of their political line nothing but a handful of its control. Also, nine million have been dis- hypocrites and advocates of sabotage and terror- placed since the beginning of the war in 2001, ism, especially those who seek to undermine the and five million left the country without re- institutions of governance in stable countries, turning after the Afghan Mujahideen took such as the Kuwaiti Brotherhood members who are in the country or fleeing to Turkey. control in the 1980s. They started cheering from the very first Currently, most of the international organi- moment when the Taliban launched its attack zations are calling on neighboring countries weeks ago. They spoke in a language that to open their borders to accommodate more suggests that we have gone back to the era of displaced people. the Rightly-Guided Caliphs and the Muslim Who will rule the Taliban after the depar- conquests during the Umayyad or Abbasid ture of such a huge number of its citizens. Dynasties. Does the Muslim Brotherhood Group, which Those who follow the speech of that group is cheering for what they called an “Islamic and the terminology it uses can read between victory”, want it to become the countries they the lines sparks of sedition, and an explicit call seek to rule in this way - forsaken by the inter- to divide society. They made religion a path to national community, as is the case with Iran sedition when they brought it into such a po- and North Korea? litical matter. Their goal is not to support that There is no doubt that Afghanistan will movement that took Islam as its slogan. It works be added to them because the world in the according to clear foundations of ethnicity, and 21st century will not accept a medieval state. therefore its leaders seek to achieve goals of Therefore, congratulations to the cheering their own and the ethnic groups they represent. Taliban for their return to the caves of Tora They also seek to incite naive public opinion Bora. against the governments in their countries. Email: [email protected] They miss the fact that the negotiations that took place in Doha for years between the Tali- Follow me on: ban, the Afghan government, and the Americans did not have any religious or sectarian agenda outside the interests of the internal movement. The “Brotherhood of Sedition” have tried [email protected] Afghan citizens pack inside a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, as they are transported from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Newswatch Afghanistan, Aug 15. The Taliban on Sunday swept into Kabul, the Afghan capital, after capturing most of Afghanistan. (AP) ISLAMABAD, Aug 17, (Agen- Afghanistan would not survive the resurgent Taylor said. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Cabinet has instruct- cies): The Taliban said on Tues- Taliban. On Monday the airlift had been temporarily ed all state bodies to limit spending to at least 10 Germany, meanwhile, halted development suspended when Afghans desperate to escape per cent as part of plans to address the country’s Day by Day day that “everyone is forgiven,” aid to Afghanistan over the Taliban takeover. the country breeched security and rushed onto budget defi cit, ministers agreed on Tuesday. just days after they took control Such aid is a crucial source of funding for the the tarmac. Seven people died in several in- The measures also call to limit spending of Afghanistan. country — and the Taliban’s efforts to project cidents. on local and internationally-held functions IN the world when the stench of govern- a milder version of themselves may be aimed The chief Pentagon spokesman, John Kir- and exhibitions, travel expenses pertaining to ment failures fill the air, ministers fall like In the first press conference televised at ensuring that money continues to flow. by, said US commanders at the airport are overseas training, foreign missions and medi- a pack of cards, the head of the govern- live in Kabul after the takeover of the Af- While the Taliban pledged not to go after in direct communication with Taliban com- cal treatment for nationals alongside a steps ment resigns and makes way for those ghan capital, Taliban spokesman Zabi- their enemies, some in Kabul allege the fight- manders outside the airport to avoid security to ensure due debts to the state are collected. who are capable of running the affairs of hullah Mujahid said the group sought no ers have lists of people who cooperated with incidents. He would not provide details but The move also includes the revision of in- the country, take the right decisions, pre- revenge. the government and are seeking them out. A indicated this communication was in line with centives granted to leading offi cials employed vent the nation from ‘bleeding’ and correct His words come at a time when many Af- broadcaster in Afghanistan said she was hid- an arrangement made on Sunday by the head at state bodies and rent prices for state-owned the mistakes of his predecessors — eco- ghans were fearing that the Taliban could ex- ing at a relative’s house, too frightened to re- of US Central Command, Gen Frank McKen- real estate and land, Deputy Prime Minister nomic, political and social. tract revenge after their rise to power. turn home much less return to work following zie, when he met with Taliban leaders in Qa- and Defence Minister Sheikh Hamad Jabel This is exactly what should be done when people are dissatisfied. Following a lightning offensive across reports that the insurgents are also looking tar and won agreement to “deconflict” forces Al-Ali Al-Sabah said after ministers held and allow a safe US evacuation. their weekly Cabinet session. People need someone who can fix Afghanistan that saw many cities fall to the for journalists. She said she and other women Additionally, the Public Authority for Man- the situations of their countries. People insurgents without a fight, the Taliban have didn’t believe the Taliban had changed their Kirby said there have been no hostile ac- power was instructed to assess whether to halt don’t need the deaf and the dumb and sought to portray themselves as more moder- ways. She spoke on condition of anonymity tions by the Taliban, and that several hundred providing fi nancial incentives to privately- those who are blind to what is happening ate than when they imposed a brutal rule in because she feared for her safety. members of the now-defeated Afghan army are at the airport assisting in the evacuation. employed nationals, whose wages exceed KD around them. the late 1990s. But many Afghans remain Troops 3,000. (KUNA) … Yet, tomorrow is another day. skeptical — and thousands raced to the air- He said US forces plan to wrap up their ❑ ❑ ❑ Zahed Matar port on Monday, desperate to flee the country. Samangani addressed the concerns of oversight of the evacuation by Aug. 31, also Older generations remember the Taliban’s women, saying Taliban were ready to “pro- the date President Joe Biden has set for offi- KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti Cabinet on ultraconservative Islamic views, which in- vide women with environment to work and cially ending the US combat role in Afghani- Monday reiterated its denouncement of the number of tests to 3,621,190 with an infection cluded severe restrictions on women as well study, and the presence of women in different stan.