New Delhi: In relation to the death of three people over music playing at a wedding in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban government said that two of the three attackers had been arrested on Saturday. Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied that the attackers were acting on behalf of the Islamic movement, which attacked a wedding in Shamspur Mar Ghundi village in Nangarhar province on Friday night.
“Last night, at Haji Malang Jaan’s wedding at Shamspur Mar Ghundi village in Nangarhar, three men posing as Taliban entered the proceedings and the music stopped playing,” he said.
“As a result of the firing, at least three people have been killed and several others have been injured. Two suspects have been taken into custody by the Taliban in connection with the incident and the one who escaped is still being chased. Caught. The perpetrators of the incident, who have used the name of the Islamic Emirate to carry out their personal quarrels, have been handed over to face Sharia law,” he said.
Qazi Mullah Adel, spokesman for the Taliban governor in Nangarhar province, confirmed the incident but did not give details. A relative of the victims said the Taliban opened fire while the music was playing.
However, Amrullah Saleh, the former Vice President of Afghanistan, claimed on Saturday that the Taliban had killed thirteen people in Nangarhar province to “silence the music at a wedding party”.
In a tweet, Amrullah Saleh claimed on Saturday that Taliban fighters killed 13 people to silence music at a wedding party in Nangarhar.
Saleh condemned the act, saying, “For 25 years Pakistan trained them to kill Afghan culture and control our soil to replace it with ISI-compliant fanaticism. It’s in the works now. It’s not a regime.” But unfortunately, until the moment of its demise, Afghans will again continue to pay a price,” the former vice president who currently identifies himself as “acting president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” wrote.
Music was banned in the Taliban’s previous regime, and while the new government has yet to issue such a decree, its leadership is still angered over its use in entertainment and sees it as a violation of Islamic law.
Between 1996 and 2001, the previous Taliban government imposed very strict interpretations of Islamic law and harsh public punishments.
(with inputs from AFP)
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