After decades of war, fighters have spoken of their disdain for office life and are reminiscing about the Taliban’s past and their lives which they claim to be ‘free of restrictions’ (stock image)
- The blood-thirsty soldiers are fed up of their 9-5 jobs and miss war and misery
- They say they can’t bring their families from their rural homes due to high rents
It is less than 18 months since jubilant Taliban fighters swept back to power and overran Afghanistan’s capital as Joe Biden withdrew his troops in a retreat that shook the world.
But it seems the exhilaration of seizing control of the war-torn country has worn off for moaning militants – with many now missing the battlefield and bored of the 9-5 grind of running the impoverished nation.
After decades of war, the blood-thirsty fighters have spoken of their disdain for office life and are reminiscing about the Taliban’s past and their lives which they claim to be ‘free of restrictions’.
In a study speaking to the blood-thirsty Taliban members who swapped the life of war and misery in the mountains for desk jobs, the Afghanistan Analysts Network found they were not adapting to the typical civilian lifestyle of office jobs and traffic.
After the realisation of how day-to-day life works, former soldier Abdul Nafi claimed to miss the war as he complained about spending his life on Twitter instead of roaming the country causing chaos and bloodshed. The 25-year-old ex-fighter said: ‘I sometimes miss the jihad life for all the good things it had.
Bored: The exhilaration of seizing control of the war-torn country has worn off for moaning militants – with many now missing the battlefield and bored of the 9-5 grind of running the impoverished nation (stock image)
‘In our ministry, there’s little work for me to do. Therefore, I spend most of my time on Twitter.
‘We’re connected to speedy Wi-fi. Many mujahedeen, including me, are addicted to the internet, especially Twitter.’
He added: ‘What I dislike about Kabul is its traffic and what I fear is its thieves. I keep my pistol on my person all the time after two of our comrades were robbed.’
Despite the sadistic militants imposing draconian rules that bar women from education and see people stoned, flogged and amputated in public the routine, the dis-conntected militants seem bored of civilisation.
Not ruining the lives of innocent people everyday seems to have hit Taliban commander Omar Mansurhard hard as heartless members now have to work for a wage instead of roaming the country to find their next victim.
The 32-year-old said: ‘We had a great degree of freedom about where to go, where to stay and whether to participate in the war.
‘These days, you have to go to the office before 8am and stay ’til 4pm.
‘If you don’t go, you’re considered absent, and [the wage for] that day is cut from your salary.’
After dropping the life of a soldier Mr Mansur, who was born in North Waziristan and grew up in the remote village of Yahya Kheyl about 150 miles southwest of Kabul, became a middle-ranking civil servant.
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By: Miss Cherry May Timbol – Independent Reporter
