The spokesman has appeared in public for the first time. But is there more than one Zabihullah Mujahid?
When the Taliban delivered their first news conference since seizing control of Afghanistan on Tuesday, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was doing most of the talking.
For most journalists watching, something else was also significant: It was the first time they had seen his face. For years he has operated in the shadows, only a voice on the end of the phone. The spokesman also sought to strike a tone of conciliation, telling another reporter: "We don't want any internal or external enemies.""Some of these texts were hardcore Islamist texts. Some of those you think: 'This guy is bloodthirsty for the Americans, he's bloodthirsty for anyone in the Afghan government.' Then today he sits there and says there will be no reprisals," she says.
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