THEY ARE ANTI SUFI DAESH

Taliban killed 13 to silence music at a wedding party in Nangarhar: Afghanistan's ex-VP Amrullah Saleh

Former Vice President of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh, took to Twitter on Saturday to claim that the Taliban had killed thirteen people in Nangarhar province in order to silence music at a wedding party.


India Today Web Desk Nangarhar October 30, 2021

Amrullah Saleh (Photo: Reuters)

Former Vice President (VP) of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh, took to Twitter on Saturday to claim that the Taliban had killed thirteen people in Nangarhar province in order to silence music at a wedding party.

He wrote, "Taliban militiamen have massacred 13 persons to silence music in a wedding party in Nangarhar."

Amrullah Saleh went on to say that "resistance is a national need" and condemnation is not enough. "We can't express our rage only by condemnation," he said.

The former VP, and "Acting President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan", held Pakistan responsible for the alleged massacre. Amrullah Saleh wrote, "For 25 years, Pakistan trained them to kill Afghan culture and replace it with Inter-Services Intelligence-tailored fanaticism to control our soil. It is now in works. This regime won't last but unfortunately, until the moment of its demise, the Afghans will continue paying a price."

THE TALIBAN AND MUSIC

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15 and ever since, there have been several incidents in which music and musicians have been attacked by the ruling militant group.

Towards the end of August, the Taliban banned music and female voices on television and radio channels in Afghanistan's Kandahar.

On September 4, armed Taliban guard shuttered the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.

In a more extreme incident, Afghan folk singer Fawad Andarabi was reportedly shot dead by a Taliban fighter in the last week of August in Andarabi Valley.

In the first week of September, two grand pianos and other musical instruments were found destroyed at Kabul's state recording studios in Afghanistan.

In an interview with The New York Times, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in August, "Music is forbidden in Islam. But we’re hoping that we can persuade people not to do such things, instead of pressuring them.”