FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces keep watch inside Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban held their first official news conference in Kabul on Tuesday, promising to respect the rights of women, seek good relations with other countries and not to extract retribution on former members of the Afghan military.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the movement's main spokesman, echoed assurances from other Taliban officials who have sought to calm fears that the swift seizure of Kabul would lead to a repeat of the public executions and punishments that marked the movement's previous time in power two decades ago.
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