Majuba Naruzi
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
They claim that the crime rate has gone down by 30%. There's zero kidnapping and theft. and made lots of claims that Kabul is now safe for more than 5 million people. But we obviously cannot independently verify what.
Global News Podcast
Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
Totally. And there's huge concern, especially raised by women. Omnesty International says that installing cameras under the guise of national security sets a template for the Taliban to continue their draconian policies that violate fundamental human rights.
Global News Podcast
Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
Definitely. They were very proud of the fact that they are using this cutting-edge technology from what we observed were imported from China, a technology to recognise people from a long distance, even at night.
Global News Podcast
Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
That's right. I also spoke to some people, especially women, very well-educated women. They cannot find a job at the moment because of the Taliban restrictions. And they were saying that every family was asked to pay thousands of Afghanis, which is a lot of money for these households, that they have no jobs anymore. And they were saying that this is not fair. We don't need this security.
Global News Podcast
Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
We need job security. We need food. We need work. When I put that question to the Taliban, they didn't actually deny that they collected money from people for buying these cameras and installing them. They were saying that, yes, we did collect some money, but it was voluntary. And it was not in thousands, it was just in hundreds. So if people have any complaints, they can officially come forward.
Global News Podcast
Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
But obviously people are too scared to go forward and make any complaints.