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Taliban Fighters Vow to Boost Afghanistan Security at Kabul Checkpoints
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1:14Now PlayingTaliban fighters patrolled Kabul on Thursday, with a commander among them pledging to bring security to Afghanistan.
"A large number of people and residents of Kabul are not afraid of us anymore," said Jehad Yaar, a Taliban commander who greeted locals on the street in Kabul.
"We will bring security to Afghanistan and we will improve the economy and life," he added.
But in other parts of Kabul, Afghan protesters were defying the Taliban for a second day, waving their national flag.
The scattered demonstrations on Thursday were met with renewed violence by the militants who are facing growing challenges to their rule.
A U.N. official warned of dire food shortages in this nation of 38 million people reliant on imports.
The Taliban face the same problems as the civilian government they dethroned without the level of international aid it enjoyed.
In the face of these challenges, the militants have moved quickly to suppress any dissent.
Many fear the Taliban will succeed in erasing two decades of efforts to expand women's and human rights in Afghanistan.
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