Posted on 09/19/2021 4:45:53 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
They’re taking their favorite weapons out on the water.
More than two dozen Taliban fighters, armed with rocket launchers and assault rifles, were seen riding in colorful, swan-themed pedal boats at Band-e Amir National Park in the eastern Bamiyan province of Afghanistan Saturday.
In one of the photos shared to Twitter by reporter Jake Hanrahan, a Taliban fighter appears to be aiming a rocket-powered grenade.
The deep blue lakes in the heart of the country had been considered a relative safe haven before the militant group’s takeover last month.
“This park serves as an icon for the identity of the Afghan people for essentially a beacon of stability for three decades of chaos that they went through,” Alex Dehgan, formerly with the Wildlife Conservation Society, told CNN in 2019.
James Willcox, founder of UK-based tour company Untamed Borders, said that it had once been safe enough to bring visiting groups.
Every time we take people [to Band-e-Amir], they have a great day,” Willcox told CNN at the time.
“Most people’s impression of Afghanistan is that it’s dry desert, full of just war and terror and misery and fundamentalism. Whereas all those things exist, but lots of other things exist as well…The general sort of banality of life doesn’t happen on the news, but it goes on all around us.”
Afghanistan’s new rulers have seen growing conflict with the even more extreme ISIS-K, which are have a stronghold in the eastern Nangarhar province.
Explosions on Saturday in the city of Jalalabad left three dead, at least some of whom were Taliban members.
Protests are also occurring across the country in response to the Taliban’s new ban on girls returning to school.
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You never see a taliban without a gun.
Afghans have a navy now.
Playing Battleship, Taliban style.
That’s a long way from Boston Commons
They are crossing the Oxus to invade Tajikistan.
good news is they can’t swim
Are they using the pedals themselves or do they have slaves to do that?
Out with their dates.
Well they are well known pedalphiles.
That is what is called a “target-rich environment.”
Thought this was the Bee at first.
“Where is the buffet they promised me?”
RPG’s and swan boats. Two things I never thought I’d see together.
Afghani Amphibious Assault Corps.
Day 1: have fun driving bumper cars
Day 2: burn down entire amusement park.
I’d like to see them try this at Tarawa.
Now there’s something you don’t see everyday...🙄
They can do this, but not fly a kite.
What an idyllic vacation memory...
My memorable summer vacation amongst the Taliban..
They need to put that image on a post card...
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