{"id":1198938,"date":"2022-01-08T04:05:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1198938"},"modified":"2022-01-08T04:05:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:05:47","slug":"taliban-concerned-situation-in-kazakhstan-may-be-too-volatile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-concerned-situation-in-kazakhstan-may-be-too-volatile\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban &#039;Concerned&#039; Situation in Kazakhstan May Be Too Volatile"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-concerned-situation-in-kazakhstan-may-be-too-volatile%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1198938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Taliban terrorist organization issued a statement on Thursday expressing \u201cconcern\u201d over clashes between the government and protesters in Kazakhstan this week that have escalated into a Russian military invasion and officers opening fire on civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban is the de facto ruling government of Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting to return to power. Taliban jihadists returned to Kabul\u2019s presidential palace on August 15, 2021, after President Joe Biden abruptly withdrew all American security forces from the country, leaving the hapless former Afghan government incapable of preventing what ended up being a relatively bloodless Taliban advance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Afghanistan has, for the past two decades, been the most volatile and violent country in the region. Its Central Asian neighbors have regularly expressed \u201cconcern\u201d about the widespread radical Islamic terrorist, brutal tribal warfare, and Western coalition attacks in the country in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19408610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237545430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19408610 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237545430-1024x659-1.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - This image grab shows protesters near an administrative building during a rally over a hike in energy prices in Almaty on January 5, 2022. - Protesters stormed the mayor&#039;s office in Kazakhstan&#039;s largest city Almaty on January 5, 2022 as unprecedented unrest in the Central Asian nation spun out of control. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This image grab shows protesters near an administrative building during a rally over a hike in energy prices in Almaty on January 5, 2022. (-\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Taliban spokesman \u2013&nbsp;Abdul Qahar Balkhi of the Taliban \u201cministry of foreign affairs\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaama.com\/iea-is-concerned-about-unrest-in-kazakhstan-foreign-ministry-586846\/\">issued<\/a> a statement via Twitter on Thursday noting that the terrorist group was \u201cconcerned\u201d that the violence erupting in Almaty, Kazakhstan\u2019s former capital and cultural center, could result in significant regional distress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19408626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/AP22005281111043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19408626 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22005281111043-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Riot police officers hold their weapons ready as they try to stop demonstrators during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Demonstrators denouncing the doubling of prices for liquefied gas have clashed with police in Kazakhstan&#039;s largest city and held protests in about a dozen other cities in the country. (AP Photo\/Vladimir Tretyakov)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Riot police officers hold their weapons ready as they try to stop demonstrators during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo\/Vladimir Tretyakov)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [the Taliban] is closely monitoring the current situation in Kazakhstan and, as a close neighbor and trading partner, is concerned about the recent unrest,\u201d Balkhi\u2019s statement read. \u201cIt expects the government and the protesters to resolve the current problems through dialogue and peaceful means so that stability and peace can return to that country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Islamic Emirate considers security and political stability in the region as a precondition for economic growth, trade and a prosperous life of the people,\u201d the Taliban concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0636\u0639\u06cc\u062a \u062c\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0642\u0632\u0627\u0642\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0632 \u0646\u0632\u062f\u06cc\u06a9 \u0632\u06cc\u0631 \u0646\u0638\u0631 \u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f \u0648 \u0628\u0647 \u062d\u06cc\u062b \u06cc\u06a9 \u06a9\u0634\u0648\u0631\u0650 \u0647\u0645\u0633\u0627\u06cc\u0647\u200c\u06cc \u0646\u0632\u062f\u06cc\u06a9\u060c \u0648 \u0634\u0631\u06cc\u06a9 \u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u062a\u06cc \u0627\u0632 \u0646\u0627\u0622\u0631\u0627\u0645\u06cc\u200c\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0627\u062e\u06cc\u0631 \u0646\u06af\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a. \u0627\u0632 \u062d\u06a9\u0648\u0645\u062a \u0648 \u0645\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0636\u0627\u0646 \u062a\u0648\u0642\u0639 \u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f \u06a9\u0647 \u0645\u0634\u06a9\u0644\u0627\u062a \u06a9\u0646\u0648\u0646\u06cc \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0632 \u0631\u0627\u0647\u200c\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u06af\u0641\u062a\u200c\u0648\u06af\u0648 \u0648 \u0645\u0633\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u200c\u0622\u0645\u06cc\u0632 \u062d\u0644 \u0646\u0645\u0627\u06cc\u0646\u062f \u062a\u0627 \u062b\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0648 \u0622\u0631\u0627\u0645\u0634 \u0628\u0647 \u0622\u0646 \u06a9\u0634\u0648\u0631 \u0628\u0631\u06af\u0631\u062f\u062f. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fzGVOo3Ojs\">pic.twitter.com\/fzGVOo3Ojs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abdul Qahar Balkhi (@QaharBalkhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QaharBalkhi\/status\/1479146708684705796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Taliban statement follows months of protests on Afghan soil, many led by women who fear the Taliban\u2019s imposition of violent&nbsp;<em>sharia<\/em> dictates that essentially strip women and girls of all basic civil rights. In Kabul, the Taliban has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/27\/afghanistan-women-protest-u-n-taliban\/\">tolerated<\/a> the existence of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/17\/afghanistan-women-protest-kabul-streets-work-education-taliban\/\">protests<\/a>&nbsp;but completely ignored the demands to allow women to work, girls to go to school, and both to exist peacefully in Afghan society. Outside of the capital, however, <a href=\"http:\/\/breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/18\/afghanistan-taliban-opens-fire-on-hundreds-of-protesters-fighting-for-national-flag\/\">incidents<\/a> of Taliban jihadists opening fire on protesters have been documented.<\/p>\n<p>No country around the world has accepted the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, though no other contenders to the position exist. The former president of Afghanistan the Taliban deposed, Ashraf Ghani, fled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 15 and has not claimed leadership of the country since. In his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/31\/fleeing-afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-resurfaces-denies-allegations-of-theft\/\">interview<\/a> since fleeing last month, Ghani told the BBC that he did not intend on fleeing and did not understand he would leave the country when hopping aboard a helicopter that day. He also denied claims that he fled the country with upwards of a hundred million dollars. Nowhere in the interview did he claim to be the legitimate president of Afghanistan and described his own government as \u201cerased.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19408642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237537983.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19408642 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237537983-1024x649-1.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - Protesters attend a rally in Almaty on January 4, 2022, after energy price hikes. - Police fired tear gas and stun grenades in a bid to break up an unprecedented thousands-strong march in Almaty, Kazakhstan&#039;s largest city, after protests that began over fuel prices threatened to spiral out of control. (Photo by Ruslan PRYANIKOV \/ AFP) (Photo by RUSLAN PRYANIKOV\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protesters attend a rally in Almaty on January 4, 2022, after energy price hikes. (RUSLAN PRYANIKOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president of Kazakhstan,&nbsp;Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued orders on Friday for police and soldiers to \u201cshoot to kill\u201d protesters in Almaty after a violent week that has resulted in reports of dozens of deaths on both sides of the conflict. Protests initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/06\/kazakhstan-chaos-reports-of-riots-beheadings-as-russia-sends-troops\/\">erupted<\/a> in response to a hike in fuel prices on January 1, but have since morphed into calls to eradicate the Tokayev administration entirely, objecting to evidence of fraud and illegitimacy in the 2019 election that made him president. Protesters also object to the outsized influence in Tokayev\u2019s government that&nbsp;Nursultan Nazarbayev, the prior longtime ruler of the country, continues to have on the nation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19408650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/AP22006656192775.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19408650 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22006656192775-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"A police car on fire as riot police prepare to stop protesters in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Demonstrators denouncing the doubling of prices for liquefied gas have clashed with police in Kazakhstan&#039;s largest city and held protests in about a dozen other cities in the country. Local news reports said police dispersed a demonstration of about a thousand people Tuesday night in Almaty and that some demonstrators were detained. (AP Photo\/Vladimir Tretyakov)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A police car on fire as riot police prepare to stop protesters in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo\/Vladimir Tretyakov)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to violence against protesters on the part of Tokayev\u2019s forces, Kazakhstan called in Russian paratroopers to attack Kazakh civilians. Authorities reported an unspecified dozens of protesters killed by Friday and at least 12 police and law enforcement officials. Reports in Russian media claimed that the protesters had beheaded at least one police officer.<\/p>\n<p>The Kazakh Interior Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/kazakhstan-almaty-russia-csto-\/31643323.html\">announced<\/a> upwards of 3,000 arrests as of Friday and claimed the situation had returned to order. Authorities also claimed to have \u201cliquidated\u201d 26 people, though reports of officers opening fire into large crowds suggest much higher death tolls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough sporadic gunfire could still be heard in the main city of Almaty early on January 7, the unrest over a fuel price hike that has ravaged many cities in recent days appeared muted,\u201d Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty (RFE\/RL) observed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement that day, Tokayev declared all protesters \u201cbandits\u201d and \u201cterrorists.\u201d Reports did not indicate that he set any timetable for the removal of Russian troops from the country now that order had \u201cbasically\u201d returned.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness to the Almaty protests, activist&nbsp;Aigerim Tuleuzhanov, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/kazakhstan-voices-protesters-complaints-toqaev\/31644144.html\">told<\/a> RFE\/RL on Friday that the protesters were not terrorists and mostly consisted of young Kazakhs seeking an exit from the repressive shadow of Nazarbayev. She insisted that the crowd was unarmed.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of details on the ground has become even more difficult since the Tokayev government shut down the internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban terrorist organization issued a statement on Thursday expressing \u201cconcern\u201d over clashes between the government and protesters in Kazakhstan this week that have escalated into a Russian military invasion &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1198938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1198938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1198938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}