Taliban militants (file photo)

8am: Taliban have extensively suppressed and tortured critics and opponents of their regime over the past two and a half years. A senior Taliban official recently warned that no one has the right to criticize this group. The Director of Invitation and Guidance at the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs under Taliban control stated that religion does not allow anyone to criticize the supreme leader and senior officials of this group. He still considers the “English People” as enemies of God and threatens that men should not shave their beards and make their faces look like foreigners. Meanwhile, the Taliban prime minister also stated that “protecting Islam and religion rests solely on them” and that the hope of the entire Islamic world is towards this group. These warnings come as the Taliban have been continuously accused by their critics and opponents over the past two and a half years of promoting unprecedented extremism and fundamentalism. This group has repeatedly referred to its critics and opponents as “legally killable”. Click here to read more (external link).