{"id":15095,"date":"2026-01-14T01:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15095"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:35:34","slug":"controversial-remarks-by-taliban-police-commander-in-parwan-the-taliban-are-shepherds-people-are-their-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/controversial-remarks-by-taliban-police-commander-in-parwan-the-taliban-are-shepherds-people-are-their-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Remarks by Taliban Police Commander in Parwan: \u2018The Taliban Are Shepherds, People Are Their Sheep\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Controversial Remarks by Taliban Police Commander in Parwan: \u2018The Taliban Are Shepherds, People Are Their Sheep\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Taliban police commander in Parwan Province, during a graduation ceremony for new police recruits, cited a hadith attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, stating: \u201cWe are all shepherds, and there is no difference among us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The remarks, delivered before newly graduated Taliban police officers, attracted widespread attention from observers and social media users.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The commander further urged police personnel to be prepared for \u201cthe worst conditions\u201d and instructed them not to concern themselves with salaries, allowances, or equipment availability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He emphasized that, regardless of resources, Taliban police are obligated to perform their duties without deviation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Critics argue that these statements are not merely administrative guidance but reflect the Taliban\u2019s broader view of power and society.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such language clearly frames the Taliban as \u201cshepherds\u201d and the Afghan people as \u201csheep,\u201d demonstrating an authoritarian approach where citizens are regarded not as rights-bearing participants in governance but as individuals requiring control and direction an outlook that contradicts modern principles of statehood, citizenship rights, and human dignity.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Controversial Remarks by Taliban Police Commander in Parwan: \u2018The Taliban Are Shepherds, People Are Their Sheep\u2019. The Taliban police commander in Parwan Province, during a graduation ceremony for new police recruits, cited a hadith attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, stating: \u201cWe are all shepherds, and there is no difference among us.\u201d The remarks, delivered before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15107,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095\/revisions\/15107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}