Taliban militants (file photo)

The Daily Mail (UK): British Muslim clerics who embarked on a so-called ‘fact-finding’ mission to Afghanistan have praised the ‘beautiful’ Taliban leaders for instilling freedom in the country following their rise to power amid the US pullout in August 2021.  But Zalmai Nishat, founder of the anti-extremist Etidal Peace and Democracy Foundation told The Times: ‘This is a perfect exercise of whitewashing and glorification of the Taliban… this security they talk about is at the expense of freedom and marginalisation of ethnic communities in Afghanistan.’ Click here to read more (external link).