Afghan agents pour 3,000 litres of alcohol into Kabul canal amid crackdown
Afghan agents pour 3,000 litres of alcohol into Kabul canal amid crackdown Afghan agents pour 3,000 litres of alcohol into Kabul canal amid crackdown
A platoon of Afghan intelligence agents poured about litres of liquor into a conduit in Kabul, the country’s asset agency has said, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the trade of alcohol.
Videotape footage released by the General Directorate of Intelligence showed its agents pouring alcohol stored in barrels into the conduit after seizing it during a raid in the capital.
Muslims have to seriously hesitate from making and delivering alcohol,” a religious scholar said in the videotape, posted by the agency on Twitter.
It wasn’t clear when the raid was carried out or exactly when the alcohol was destroyed, but a statement issued by the agency on Sunday said three dealers were arrested during the operation.
Dealing and consuming alcohol was banned indeed under the former Western- backed governance but the Taliban, known for their austere brand of Islam, are stricter in their opposition to it.
Since the Islamists seized power on 15 August, the frequence of raids, including on medicine addicts, has increased across the country.
The Taliban government’s ministry for creation of virtue and forestallment of vice has also issued several guidelines confining women’s rights.
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