Taliban killed 13 to silence music at a marriage occasion in Nangarhar: Afghanistan’s ex-VP Amrullah Saleh

Former Vice President (VP) of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh, took to Twitter on Saturday to assert that the Taliban had killed 13 individuals in Nangarhar province in an effort to silence music at a marriage occasion.

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 isn’t sufficient. “We can’t express our rage only by condemnation,” he stated.The former VP, and “Acting President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan”, held Pakistan accountable for the alleged bloodbath. 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.”This regime will not final however unfortuatnely till the second of its demise the Afghans will proceed paying a value once more. ..— Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) October 30, 2021
THE TALIBAN AND MUSICThe Taliban took management of Afghanistan on August 15 and ever since, there have been a number of incidents by which music and musicians have been attacked by the ruling militant group.Towards the tip of August, the Taliban banned music and feminine voices on tv and radio channels in Afghanistan’s Kandahar.On September 4, armed Taliban guard shuttered the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.In a extra excessive incident, Afghan folks singer Fawad Andarabi was reportedly shot useless by a Taliban fighter within the final week of August in Andarabi Valley.In the primary week of September, two grand pianos and different musical devices had been discovered destroyed at Kabul’s state recording studios in Afghanistan.In an interview with The New York Times, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid stated in August, “Music is forbidden in Islam. But we’re hoping that we are able to persuade individuals to not do such issues, as an alternative of pressuring them.”ALSO READ: Mullah Omar’s son comes on TV in bid to shine Taliban’s public imageALSO READ: Pakistan permits Taliban-appointed ‘diplomats’ to take cost of Afghan missions: Report