Taliban in Afghan capital Kabul start collecting weapons from civilians

[Dial H For Hero]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-afghan-capital-kabul-start-collecting-weapons-civilians-2021-08-16/

KABUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Taliban fighters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, started collecting weapons from civilians on Monday because people no longer need them for personal protection, a Taliban official said.

"We understand people kept weapons for personal safety. They can now feel safe. We are not here to harm innocent civilians," the official told Reuters.

City resident Saad Mohseni, director of the MOBY group media company, said on Twitter that Taliban soldiers had come to his company compound to enquire about the weapons kept by his security team.

[HUAJIAO]

1. Don't need no stinkin' weapons no more....

"We understand people kept weapons for personal safety. They can now feel safe. We are not here to harm innocent civilians," the official told Reuters.

[roamer65]

2. I'd hide a couple of them if I were an Afghan civilian.

[lark]

3. Only the taliban supporters will willingly give up arms, and maybe not even them.

Of course the taliban probably won't be disarming those folks anyway.

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4. Oh boy, conservatives are gonna have a field day with this

[AndyS]

5. Oh! But they have guns so they should just keep and bear them against

that tyrannical government just like our heroes would. Yeah, right like that's gonna' happen there or here.