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Of these appeals. you have been there so often. your reaction to the promises of the taliban spokesmen. women should stay home because they havent trained their forces so well. >> we are familiar with these kinds of promises. certainly the pr offensive has been quite striking on the part of the taliban to tell us that girls are going to go to school and women are going to be able to work and they will have it not so bad, but i think the reality is just something else, and actions do speak louder...

As i mentioned, well keep our eye on. that lets talk about how life is resuming in kabul. a lot of skepticism, a lot of concern about what this new life will mean under taliban rule. the taliban doing their part. going on the pr offensive if you will to try to communicate with the world how they intend to govern. they were briefly off the air after the situation was unfolding. now theyre back online. this came as the taliban as i said promised amnesty, freedom in the press conference today. tell...

Inclusive government in afghanistan where its not 100% true taliban government. >> ambassador what do you make of this pr offensive from the taliban, this news conference filled with all these promises about womens rights and how all is forgiven for people who denied them. >> you have to go back to the past 20 years and see what they have done since the americans came to afghanistan. i think that to a large extent they choose their words very carefully. they have become very adept communicators ...

With skepticism as they disavow their history of tor error and misogyny, trying to portray themselves as legitimate global players. >> the talibans pr offensive is now in full swing. their spokesman claiming today that while their ideology has not changed. >> on the basis of maturity, on experience, our vision, there are a lot of differences. >> when the taliban previously ruled afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, women were forced to wear burkas, schools for girls were closed. women unaccompanied in...

Execution of 22 unarmed afghan commandos as they tried to surrender in june. this denial comes as cnn obtained not only video of what happened, but eyewitness accounts. >> five of them. but the taliban still claims its not real. before we show you the full video, its just very disturbing to see. anna coren joins us from kabul. anna, you were able to get a response. how did they respond to your reporting? >> reporter: the taliban is on a pr offensive to discredit our reporting, to say it is false...

>> reporter: yeah, look, the taliban is launching a pr offensive trying to discredit our reporting, saying that the footage is fake, that it is government propaganda. we must warn our viewers that it is extremely disturbing. take a look. as you can see, a group of commandos walking out hands in the air surrendering, and are executed seconds later. the taliban denies that this ever took place, that they have never executed soldiers who have surrendered. but cnn spoke to five eyewitnesses who conf...

Graphic. anna coren live in kabul this morning. so whats the taliban saying, anna, about what we just saw there? >> reporter: yeah, john, the taliban is on a pr offensive to try to discredit our reporting, saying that the footage is fake, that this is government propaganda. we contacted them before the report went to air, but after our story was published, they said that this was just false. they issued a statement in various languages saying that they have never executed commandos who had surre...

Some of the video were about to show you is disturbing. new this morning, the taliban denies its fighters executed 22 unarmed afghan commandos who were trying to surrender. even though the slaughter was caught on video. the incident is emblematic of issues that could playing afghanistan. >> anna coren is live for us. how can the taliban deny what the world can clearly see for itself? >> reporter: yeah, the taliban certainly on a pr offensive to discredit us and our reporting. we contacted the ta...