They never took stand against terrorism: Afghan mayor Zarifa Ghafari blames locals for Taliban takeover

Afghan mayor Zarifa Ghafari said the locals were equally responsible for the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan as they "never raised their voices unitedly" against terrorism.

Local people in Afghanistan are equally responsible for the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan as they "never raised their voices unitedly" against terrorism, news agency ANI quoted Zarifa Ghafari, the first woman mayor of Afghanistan, as saying. Zarifa Ghafari, who at 26 became the mayor of Maidan Shahr the capital city of Wardak province has fled to Germany after the Taliban takeover.