Taliban fighters moan about ‘having to be in the office from 8 till 4’, their daily commute and how dull life is since taking over Afghanistan and becoming civil servants, with many admitting ‘I miss jihad’
- The members, who are bored of Twitter, claim it used to be ‘free of restrictions’
- They say they can’t bring their families from their rural homes due to high rents
Taliban members can’t get on board with a 9-5 job and claim to be bored with life and miss the war now that it is no longer in full throttle.
After decades of war, they now disdain office life and reminisce about the Taliban’s past and their lives which they claim to be ‘free of restrictions’.
In a study speaking to 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.
Now 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 dispair.
The 25-year-old ex-fighter said: ‘I sometimes miss the jihad life for all the good things it had.
Taliban members can’t get on board with a 9-5 job and claim to be bored with life and Twitter and miss the war now that it is no longer in full throttle causing misery and dispair (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 mujahideen, 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.’
The routine of civilisation appears to have also hit Taliban commander Omar Mansurhard hard as members now have to work for a wage instead of roaming the country to fight forces.
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.
Taliban members claim they cannot bring their families to the capital from their homes in rural villages as property rent is too high (stock image)
He claims he cannot afford to bring his wife and five children to the capital, because of high property rent.
The ex-commander said: ‘What I don’t like about Kabul is its ever-increasing traffic hold-ups.
‘Last year, it was tolerable but in the past few months, it’s become more and more congested.’
Mr Mansur was not the only member to complain about the dull life of traffic and Twitter as ex-sniper Huzaifa reminisces about the freeing life of war and how bored he is of doing the same job every day.
The 24-year-old said: ‘The Taliban used to be free of restrictions but now we sit in one place, behind a desk and a computer 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
‘Life’s become so wearisome; you do the same things every day.
Like many members of the Taliban Huzaifa was brought up in a rural village and had not visited the capital previously.
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