#kot! 135

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Kono Oto Tomare! Chapter 135 Scans and Rough TL

Disclaimer: Please DO NOT use this translation to make your own TL of the chapter!! The KOT TL group works very hard to give you the most accurate translation, that does as much justice to the original script as possible. This is a ROUGH translation. That means is faulty and there must be mistakes in certain places. This is just for impatient people like myself to get a grasp on what is going on in the chapter! You can REFERENCE my TL if you want to discuss the chapter but never USE it as it was your own.

Scans: https://nicomanga.com/read-kono-oto-tomare-raw-chapter-135.html

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Chapter Title: #135 Celeste Blue

Side text: An overwhelming performance...!!

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*Thunderous clapping*

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*Thunderous clapping*

Judge Tatsumi [thoughts]: ...Unbeliavable... From here on...

Judge Kurokawa [thoughts]: ...The first place has already been decided.

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Chika: ..Ahhh... haha...

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Chika: I wanna play, already...

Takezou: Yeah.

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Kifune-sensei: Good job, everyone! Explendid! That was your best performance yet!

Miran: Really...

Imari: The heck!?

Imari: Wait, hold on. Why are you crying?

Miran: --un.

Imari: Eh?

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Miran: I had so much fun...

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Miran: Ugh----... I didn't...

Miran: I didn't know

Miran: That music could be this much fun...

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Imari: Wai- What? Stop that, now...

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Imari: Whaaaat!?

Imari: Hey, what's with you two!!? Don't cry!

Luka: It's just, I'm so happy.

Luka: I also had so much fun...!!

Luka: It was the happiest moment ever!!!

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Luka: Thank you, guys.

Imari: ...Why are you doing this----...

Imari: I also had fu-

Organizer: Ichiei High, please do not stand behind and head to the exit, please.

Kifune-sensei: Oh, my apologies. We are leaving now.

Imari: Flush

Kio: Pfff

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Kio: Ahahaha

Imari: Kio!

Kio: I'm sorry, the timing is just so...

Imari: Shut up, shut up! If you want to laugh at me, just do it!

Kio: ...Not at all. We are all feeling the same way, surely.

Tougo: Yeah, I also had fun. The most ever.

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Komaki: --san

Komaki: Tsukaji-san!

Tsukaji: Ah-

Tsukaji: ---Wha!? What!?

Komaki: Geez, why are you spacing out like that...

Tsukaji: Right, sorry... The performance was just so incredible...

Komaki: Yes, it truly felt like a whole different level, didn't it? Even I was moved.

Tsukaji[thoughts]: Up until now, Ichiei's performances have given a strong impression of 'a collection of talent' overpowering others ‘through sheer force’, but…

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Tsukaji[thoughts]: Today's performance combined the talents of every member into an overwhelming work of art..!!

Tsukaji [thoughts]: So Ichiei brought this kind of performance...

Komaki: I feel sorry for the next school---

Komaki: Isn't it super hard to go after a performance like that? It feels like everyone has already decided who will be the winner!

Komaki: There are so many people leaving the venue, too--

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Komaki: If it was me, I absolutely wouldn't want to play now...

Tsukaji: ...

Tsukaji: ...Well--- I kind of thought the same thing. But that's not right, we gotta be careful.

Komaki: Eh?

Tsukaji: We don't know anything about this kids, yet with such little information, we make all sorts of assumptions and judgements.

Tsukaji: We pity them or critize them. That kind of thing...

Tsukaji: I thought I'd reflected after the Tokise incident.

Tsukaji: But I still did it unconciously.

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Tsukaji: There are many toughts, feelings and journeys unknown to everyone else.

Tsukaji: Every school, and every person has them.

Tsukaji: Huh---!? Why are you suddenly saying something so obvious?

Tsukaji: My words just bounce off your head, don't they?

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Announcer: We will now take a 10 minute break—

Suzuka: Alright, let’s start moving

Takezou: Yes!

Mittsu: Uoooohhh it’s finally here!!

Sane: Aaaaah, let’s gooo!!

Kouta: Wowowowooow

Atsumu: *Exhale*

Natsu: …You okay?

Atsumu: Yeah!

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Sen-chan: Break a leg

Chika: !

Mittsu: Ah

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Mittsu: Tetsuki!

Tetsuki: You’re going already?

Mittsu: Yeah… My heart’s gonna burst off my chest

Tetsuki: Do your best.

Mittsu: Thanks—…

Mittsu: Woah

Same [thoughts]: Eh? Wha- Uzuki? Why’s Uzuki with them? Huh? Is it ok for me make fun of this?

Chika: Wait, what kind of weird ass combination is this?

Tetsuki: Haha

Takezou [thoughts]: He made fun

Hiro[thoughts]: He made fun

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Isaki: Come on, don’t worry about the small details. Just make sure to deliver your sound to Uzuki with all you got!

Chika: Is this your doing?

Chika: Well, but you did come after all, huh?

Chika: Make sure to open your ears wide and listen well to—…

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*No text just my internal screaming*

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Natsu: Uhh, Senpai, there’s people behind you…

Chika: Aah, my bad…

Tetsuki: He totally froze up, didn’t he?

Isaki: It’s fine, it’s fine.

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Satowa: …—————

Satowa: …

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Satowa: …That person just now…

Chika: Aaaah—

Chika: …My father

Sane: What!!? Chika’s dad came?

Mittsu: Seriously?

Chika: It caught me off guard too.

Chika: We haven’t met in a long time.

Chika: More like, we cut off all ties with each other.

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Satowa: But he came to listen…

Satowa: All the way to Hokkaido.

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Chika: …You see, I…

Chika: Don’t have a single good memory of him.

Chika: And not for one second did I wish for him to come listen to our performance…

Chika: …And yet.

Satowa: ?

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Suzuka: You guys, we’re going to be late for the load-in!

Kota: Oops, gotta hurry!

Side text: The father’s feelings were shown not through words, but through actions. Now it’s time for Chika to respond through sound—!

—-Kono Oto Tomare! will continue in the next issue!—-

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My ty collection! I couldn't fit it all in one picture, so here it is in four.

There are nearly 150 plushies; 135 unique & 12 duplicates. (A few have been misplaced & aren't being counted here. I guess if I find them I'll retake the picture.)

Conditions range from basically new to well-loved. The oldest plush is Angel from 1987 and the youngest are Aussie, Ness-e (with logo), and Trooper all from 2008.

Thanks to @planetbeanie & @beanbagbuddies4life for helping ID a few of them!

For everyone who clicked the read more, here are a couple pictures of Kot all comfortable in my collection.

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Dzień 2 z 20 do studniówki

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Podsumowanie:

Wstałam o 5 Rano, do szkoły miałam na 7.10 (kocham mieszkać na wsi 🙃). Poranna rutyna odchaczona, oprócz pościelenia łóżka, bo spał na nim kot i nie chciałam go budzić. Na szybkie śniadanie zjadłam chleb (114 kalorii) z tuńczykiem z puszki (124 kalorie) I rzodkiewką (6 kalorii), a popiłam dużym kubekiem zielonej herbaty (oczywiście rozwaliła mi się torebka i było pełno pływającego suszu 🙃). Trudno dzisiaj było jechać, drogi całe przysypane i pozamarzane, ale jakoś udało mi się. W szkole ogólnie nudy, tylko na angielskim pisaliśmy kartkówkę, a na wosie ćwiczenie na ocenę. Po powrocie do domu na szybko zajęłam chleb (135 kalorii) z masą kajmakową (214 kalorii) I odrazu wzięłam się do powtórek do jutrzejszego egzaminu. W między czasie jeszcze chwilę pospałam i oglądnęłam odcinek serialu. Wieczorem zjadłam jeszcze jedną kromkę chleba (119 kalorii) z masą kajmakową (104 kalorie). Po porządnym skincare i próbach zniwelowania stresu poddałam się i zaczęłam dlaej nałogowo oglądać serial (insatiable, bardzo polecam). W miedzy czasie jeszcze pisałam z chłopakiem, który mi się fest podoba. Co prawda jest późno, ale jutro budzik mam dopiero na 10, więc luz. Na pewno się wyśpię.

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CM MESSAGE ON NATIONAL DAY OF SAUDI ARABIA

With the compliments of, The Directorate General Public Relations,

Government of the Punjab, Lahore Ph: 99201390.

No. 1569/QU/Zahid

HANDOUT(A)

LAHORE, Sept. 23:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has felicitated the people and government on the eve of the national day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In a message, the CM extended the heartiest congratulations to the Saudi King, Crown Prince and the royal family adding that Saudi Arabia has witnessed a spate of developments and prosperity under its leadership. The strong Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations are an example for the world while KSA is the locus of Muslims' reverence and spiritual attachment. The services of the Saudi royal family for Islam and Muslims cannot be overlooked; he stated and added that Pakistanis consider Saudi Arabia as their second home. It is satisfying that Saudi Arabia has always supported Pakistan on every occasion and the bilateral relations will continue to prosper, concluded the CM.

*****

No. 1570/QU/Zahid

HANDOUT(A)

CM FOR EFFECTIVE STEPS TO CONTROL DENGUE

LAHORE, Sept. 23:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed the cabinet committee, as well as line departments, to effectively work for the eradication of the dengue virus and made it clear that field teams' performance will be constantly reviewed.

In a statement, the CM asked the line departments to ensure cent per cent implementation on the anti-dengue plan adding that effective surveillance should be ensured in Lahore, Rawalpindi and other cities. The commissioners and DCs should personally supervise anti-dengue steps; he said and asserted that the routine mantra of 'all good' will not be tolerated as he will personally monitor things. Every anti-dengue step will be audited along with daily evaluation of the performance, he stated. The line departments should ensure that the devised plan is executed as there is no room for any remissness, warned the CM.

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No. 1571/QU/Zahid

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CM VISITS COLUMNIST'S RESIDENCE FOR CONDOLENCE

LAHORE, Sept. 23:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar visited the residence of columnist and anchorperson Muzamal Soharwardi and extended sympathies to him over the death of his father Azam Sultan Soharwardi. The CM offered fateha for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace and tranquillity.

*****

No. 1572/QU/Zahid

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PUNJAB GOVT IS WORKING TO ELIMINATE INHUMAN TREATMENT METED OUT TO THE DETAINEES- USMAN BUZDAR

LAHORE, Sept. 23:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar inspected the new version of the police prison van which is equipped with the required conveniences for the prisoners.

SSP (motor transport) briefed him about amenities provided in the van while IG Police, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), PS to CM and others were also present.

The CM expressed the satisfaction that comfortable seats have been arranged along with the facility of the exhaust fans. Fans have also been fitted for police officials. The government has approved procurement of 72 such police prison vans with 95 crore rupees while comfortable seats and exhaust fans will be fixed in 300 police prison vans. Being human beings, the prisoners also deserve necessary facilities and this step will ease their movements, he maintained.

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No. 1573/QU/Zahid

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CM TAKES NOTICE OF NEWS ITEM

LAHORE, Sept. 23:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken notice of a news item about the false entry of corona vaccination at Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital and sought a report from the health secretary within 48 hours adding that action be initiated against those responsible for the oversight.

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No. 1574/QU/Umer

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CM ADDRESS JOINT COOPERATION COMMITTEE MEETING OF CPEC AUTHORITY THROUGH VIDEO LINK

LAHORE, Sept. 23:

The Punjab government is thankful to Chinese for extending cooperation on CPEC Projects in the province and it is sanguine that Pakistan-China relations are touching new heights in the tenure of PM Imran Khan.

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar stated this while addressing the joint cooperation committee meeting through video link under CPEC Authority on Thursday. The CM thanked the Chinese government for cooperation with the Punjab government and stated that completion of CPEC projects in Punjab will give further impetus to Pakistan-China relations. Punjab has highest share in national GDP; he pointed out and invited the Chinese investors as conducive environment is provided in the province. The Chinese investors will be provided every facility for setting up industry and special incentives will be provided to them, he added.

While giving updates about CPEC related projects in the province, the CM informed the participants that special economic zone Allama Iqbal Industrial City has been operationalised in Faisalabad. 1050 acres land is earmarked for China zone in it while land lease policy is being given final shape for the benefit for Chinese investors, the CM disclosed. He announced to welcome Chinese assistance for establishing Pak zones free from foot and mouth disease of animals in Punjab and pointed out that agriculture sector has a lot of growth potential in CPEC phase-II. He thanked the experts assisting in social economic projects which were shared with Chinese experts’ team for their feedback. Though the last one and a half year’s period has proved very tough for Pakistan and global economies, the Punjab government has made significant progress in completing ongoing CPEC related projects, the CM added and divulged that new project proposals relating to agriculture, livestock, water reserves and infrastructure development have been devised and were same would be presented before next joint working group meeting for approval. The CM observed that agriculture would be promoted in Punjab by constructing dams and canals at different areas. It is planned to construct dams in Vohwa, Sanghar and Chachar hill-torrents, he stated and added that a new canal is being planned in Rahim Yar Khan to irrigate Cholistan desert. Similarly, 135-megawatt Taunsa Hydropower Project is leading CPEC energy projects and this would be a best decision to put it in the priority list of CPEC energy project, concluded the CM.

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No. 1575/QU/Umer

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CM MESSAGE ON PASHTOON DAY

LAHORE, Sept. 23:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has said Pashtoons are brave and strong people while the Pashtoon culture enjoys the traits of diversity and individuality to give added blend of beauty to this culture.

In his message, the CM said the Pashtoon culture is ancient and very convincing. It also beautifully reflects multiple shades of Pakistani culture. The Pashtoon culture is universally acknowledged and the purpose of celebrating this day is to promote the passions of interprovincial harmony. The celebration of days of different areas and regions promote bonds of unity and affinity in the country, concluded the CM.

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[tessenpai]

Kono Oto Tomare Chapter 134 Scans and Rough TL

Disclaimer: Please DO NOT use this translation to make your own TL of the chapter!! The KOT TL group works very hard to give you the most accurate translation, that does as much justice to the original script as possible. This is a ROUGH translation. That means is faulty and there must be mistakes in certain places. This is just for impatient people like myself to get a grasp on what is going on in the chapter! You can REFERENCE my TL if you want to discuss the chapter but never USE it as it was your own.

Scans: KONO OTO TOMARE! - RAW chap 134 Next Chap 135 (nicomanga.com) (Use adblocker to avoid NSFW content)

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Side text: The scattered individualities have now become one...

Chapter Title: #134 Tomfoolery

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Tsukaji: ---Kuuuh

Tsukaji [thoughts]: This is unbeliable. It's uncanny to think there's only 5 people playing.

Tsukaji [thoughts]: It's as if I was in front of an orchestra or something!!

Tsukaji [thoughts]: Ichiei High's performance level has been outstanding every year but

Tsukaji [thoughts]: But schools were finally catching up to them this year...

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Tsukaji: And now they do this!!!?

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Ousuke: ...

Akira [thoughts]: Amazing...

Akira [thoughts]: I've thought this when I heard them play before, but the difficulty of the piece and the level of the students is extermely high.

Akira [thoughts]: The left and right hand are completely different and irregular.

Akira [thoughts]: There are unconventional rests in odd time signatures.

Akira: [thoughts]: The pushes are terrifyingly precise.

Akira [thoughts]: They use dynamic strokes and left-hand movements combined with sudden scooping motions

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Tomoe [thoughts]: What's this...?

Tomoe [thoughts]: It's on a whole different level.

Tomoe [thoughts]: This is... kinda unfair..-

Satowa [thoughts]: Each part is difficult to play on its own. And they are doing it in complete unison.

Satowa [thoughts]: As if they are kids playing---

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Luka [thoughts]: If I play like this, how will they respond?

Luka [thoughts]: Then how about this?

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Miran: Ugh-----

Miran: This dude... Playing however the hell he pleases as if this is his moment...

Luka [Memory]: ---Miran, your playing has changed lately.

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Miran: Huh? Really...?

Luka: Yeah, the essence of the sound is completely different

Luka: Before, your playing was very "inwardly focused", you see?

Miran: "Inwardly focused"...?

Luka: You dove deep, deep within you.

Luka: I guess you could say it was like you were having a dialogue with yourself...?

Luka: In any case, you didn't pay any attention to us at all.

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Luka: That's why I always wanted to make you look my way, Miran.

Luka: I was throwing my sound at you at full force saying "Look over here~~!!"

Luka [Memory]: But now...

Keishi [thoughts]: Each individual sound stands firmly, and on top of that, they are completely harmonized.

Keishi [thoughts]: The one that is making that possible is---...

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Natsu [thoughts]: How can someone with such a unique sound be the glue that connects the whole?

Hiro[thoughts]: My heart won't stop pounding, just what is this?

Mittsu [thoughts]: The style is sick--

Sane [thoughts]: The technique is sick-

Kota [thoughts]: Everything is sick!!

Suzuka [thoughts]: When we heard them play before,It seemed like a self-centered solo that everyone else worked hard to hold together....

Suzuka [thoughts]: They are so amazingly greedy for growth.

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Chika [sfx]: Ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump.

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Luka[Memory]: But that's why I love playing in an ensemble!

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Luka: Because in them, don't you create a piece of music with friends who have things you don't have yourself!?

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Miran[thoughts]: The day I first met Luka, in an instant, I was captivated by that sound of light.

Miran [thoughts]: Kio's sound filled with conviction.

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Miran [thoughts]: Tougo's unwavering sound.

Miran [thoughts]: Imari's gentle sound.

Miran [thoughts]: The thoughts they have accumulated.

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Miran [thoughts]: Are all here together

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Side text: This is the sound of the summit...!!

---Kono Oto Tomare will continue in the next issue!---

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Namak Haraam Afghans Wonder: Is the Peace Deal Just for Americans?

The Taliban are happily talking with Trump and standing down against U.S. troops, but they say they are "still at war" with Afghan national security forces.

“It’s Afghans killing Afghans, and I guess this will not stop so quickly.”

— By Emran Feroz | March 6, 2020 | Foreign Policy

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks in Jalalabad province on March 3, 2020.

There’s a grim new joke going around parts of Afghanistan: If you want to be safe from Taliban attacks, move next to a U.S. air base. “I have never seen a dead American soldier,” said Fatteh Sattar, a civil engineer from the northern province of Baghlan. “It’s Afghans killing Afghans, and I guess this will not stop so quickly.”

The Taliban, for their part, are now saying more clearly than ever that the peace deal signed Feb. 29 in Doha, Qatar, after 18 months of negotiations applies only to a truce with U.S. forces, not to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. “We signed an agreement with the Americans. But our jihad is not over,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Foreign Policy this week. “The stooges who supported the invaders during the last two decades are our enemies. This might change after additional talks but at the moment, we are still at war.”

Even before the deal in Doha was signed, skepticism among ordinary Afghans rose as they watched the elected government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani—who is currently engaged in fight for legitimacy with his election rival, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah—get left out of the negotiations between U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Skepticism changed to outright fear and terror as the Taliban launched dozens of military operations against Afghan forces in the last few days, killing both armed soldiers and civilians, according to the Afghan Ministry of Interior.

But perhaps nothing has deepened the cynicism of Afghans who support their government—or made them feel so delegitimized—as much as the news of a 35-minute phone conversation between Baradar and Donald Trump on Tuesday, the first ever such contact between a U.S. president and a Taliban leader. Afterward Trump told reporters: “We had a good conversation. We’ve agreed there’s no violence, we don’t want violence; we’ll see what happens.” According to Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman in Doha, during the call the U.S. president called the Taliban “a tough people” and described their cause as one of “defending their country.” The Taliban eagerly promoted news about the conversation.

Some observers suggested that Trump—who has a demonstrated habit of forming warm relations with autocrats who respond positively to him—might even be getting along better with the Taliban than with the current democratically elected government in Kabul. “If Trump really had a 35 minute conversation on a wide variety of issues with Mullah Baradar, after concluding a deal with him, is it too provocative to assert that the US government at this moment in time has better relations with the Taliban than it does with President Ghani?” tweeted Michael Kugelman, the deputy director of the Asia Program at the Wilson Center in Washington.

This is a touchy issue, since the peace agreement calls for the formation of a new “post-settlement Afghan Islamic government” and Trump has no relationship with Ghani, whose ascent to power came during the Obama administration. “I think that the formation of a new government will be one of the main issues of upcoming intra-Afghan talks,” said the Afghan American writer and analyst Wahed Faqiri.

For ordinary Afghans, all this recalls an old and bitter history dating to when the Americans abandoned their country the last time after funding the mujahideen against the Soviet Union in the 1980s, and the Taliban eventually emerged to seize power. “A friend of mine joined the Taliban. I did not care about it, but he considers me and his other friends as enemies. But now he is fine with the Americans? What kind of deal is that? It does not help us,” said Ali Hazara, a driver and mechanic from Baghlan, one of the most unstable provinces of the country.

The Taliban began launching new attacks after Ghani criticized the U.S.-Taliban deal and announced that he would not release 5,000 prisoners, one of the major pillars of the agreement. After the deal was signed, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who leads Taliban’s political office in Doha, claimed that there is no real government in Kabul and that the Taliban do not accept it anyway. According to Faqiri, the new Taliban relationship with Washington could even lead to a strengthened Taliban movement. “When they meet, their mutual trust may grow,” he said.

All this would be a strange historical irony for the Americans, since it was a previous Taliban government that harbored the al Qaeda terrorists who attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. Central to the new deal is a Taliban guarantee that they will not do so again and will cut all ties with al Qaeda as well as prevent the nation from becoming a safe haven for terrorist groups that might plot against the United States. In return, the United States will begin a significant drawdown of U.S. troops within the first 135 days and a total withdrawal within 14 months.

The Taliban also have to participate in upcoming intra-Afghan talks between various political factions, but the new round of peace talks may have a hard time getting underway in these conditions. “The deal between the Americans and the Taliban made us very optimistic. But it does not make sense if such attacks continue,” Shah Mohammad Takal, a resident of the Nadir Shah Kot district of Khost, told a journalist friend of mine, Mohammad Zaman. On Monday a bomb detonated near a soccer field in the district and killed three civilians.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Taliban declared they were not linked to it. “The mujahideen are not responsible for the attack in Khost. We also don’t know who was behind it, but there are many other problems, like enmities among different tribes, and they have nothing to do with us,” Taliban spokesman Mujahid said. But that explanation also raised the possibility that other groups such as Islamic State are seeking to further undermine the peace deal by renewing violence.

The United states says that for withdrawal to go forward, the Taliban must observe the conditions of the agreement. On Wednesday, after more than a week-long reduction in violence, the U.S. military also conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in southern Helmand province to “defend” their partners within the Afghan military. There were no reports of casualties.

That same day U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper complained that the Taliban were making compliance with the deal difficult. “The results so far have been mixed,” Esper told the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The Taliban are honoring their piece in terms of not attacking U.S. and [Western] coalition forces but not in terms of sustaining the reduction in violence.”

And so confusion reigns. Ordinary Afghans, meanwhile, are starting to ask themselves what a new Afghan government joined by the Taliban would look like. Many plainly fear another reign of terror like that in the 1990s. “The Taliban distanced themselves from their old regime and its practices. If they are serious about that and respect our freedoms, it’s fine. But if they don’t, I truly fear their return,” said Nazifa Niazi, a retired army officer from Kabul, in an interview with Abdul Rahman Lakanwal, a local journalist. Like many other Afghan women, she emphasized that going to work, school, or university must not be prohibited by the Taliban, who have made no such promise.

Other women share Niazi’s opinion—and her deepest fears. “I hope for peace. But I don’t think that the Taliban will respect us as women,” said Fahima, who works as a civil servant in Kabul and didn’t want her last name used. “They oppressed us in the past, and they might continue to do so. They attack girls’ school and burn them. They also use our young men as cannon fodder. I do not welcome their return if they don’t change their attitude and behavior.”

Emran Feroz is a freelance journalist, author, and the founder of Drone Memorial, a virtual memorial for civilian drone strike victims. Twitter: @Emran_Feroz

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