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. Strong Criticism of Taliban\u2019s \u201cConquest\u201d by Saleh.<\/strong><\/p>\n Amrullah Saleh, the exiled first vice president of Afghanistan and head of the Green Trend, sharply criticized the Taliban\u2019s official narrative of \u201cconquering\u201d Afghanistan, labeling it \u201cpolitical and propaganda deception.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n He stated that the Taliban exploit religious and historical concepts to portray their takeover as legitimate, whereas, in his view, it was a \u201cplanned fall of power,\u201d not a military or popular victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n Saleh further asserted that the most effective way to disrupt the Taliban\u2019s narrative is to expose their hidden foreign support and interactions. He claimed that the Taliban\u2019s rise to power was the outcome of a multilayered political and intelligence deal rather than a war they call a \u201chistoric victory.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n According to him, the Taliban\u2019s use of the term \u201cconquest\u201d is an attempt at forced legitimization, imposing their preferred narrative on the Afghan public and international community.<\/strong><\/p>\n Saleh emphasized that opposition forces are striving to establish an alternative narrative globally, and over time, details of behind-the-scenes agreements and interactions will become clearer. He expressed hope that exposing these details would challenge the Taliban\u2019s \u201cmanufactured and propagandistic legitimacy\u201d and weaken the group\u2019s official narrative.<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, opposition fronts and politicians remain fragmented, with only the Freedom Front and Resistance Front actively unified, leaving other actors largely inactive and isolated.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" . Strong Criticism of Taliban\u2019s \u201cConquest\u201d by Saleh. Amrullah Saleh, the exiled first vice president of Afghanistan and head of the Green Trend, sharply criticized the Taliban\u2019s official narrative of \u201cconquering\u201d Afghanistan, labeling it \u201cpolitical and propaganda deception.\u201d He stated that the Taliban exploit religious and historical concepts to portray their takeover as legitimate, whereas, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15565","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\/15565","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=15565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15577,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15565\/revisions\/15577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}