A renowned folk singer has allegedly been killed with the aid of using the Taliban in Afghanistan’s northeastern Baghlan province. Fawad Andarabi turned into dragged out of his home in Kishnabad village and shot dead, in step with reports from Afghan reporters shared on social media.
Andarabi’s son is believed to have confirmed his assassination.
The Taliban, which has taken over the country amid the pullout of worldwide forces, agree with the music to be “sinful” in Islam, an interpretation that has been panned with the aid of using scholars of the faith.
Just days ago, a Taliban spokesperson turned into quoted as saying through The New York Times that music in public will yet again be banned in Afghanistan, as it was during the outfit’s rule from 1996-2001.
While the Taliban assumed power with the promise of a much less brutal rule, its reemergence has been marked with the aid of using reports of a ruthless crackdown in opposition to journalists, minorities and people believed to have worked with the overseas forces.