The Taliban’s mask slips further after militants kill journalist’s relative
From www.cbs58.com
2021-08-20 17:57:00
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By Rob Picheta, Nadine Schmidt and Tim Lister, CNN
(CNN) — Afghans are witnessing early glimpses of the true nature of Taliban rule, after the brutal repression of several protests and the murder of a journalist’s relative betrayed the militant group’s promises to lead an “inclusive” and restrained regime.
The German news organization Deutsche Welle (DW) said in an article on Thursday that Taliban fighters had been searching for one of their journalists in Afghanistan, confirming that a relative of the journalist was shot dead by the Taliban on Wednesday and one other person was seriously injured.
Other relatives were able to escape at the last minute and are on the run, the DW article said.
“The killing of a close relative of one of our editors by the Taliban yesterday is…
