[HCDX] Taliban Radio back on air

[sakthi vel <ardicdxclub@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Locals and authorities have that the broadcasting in
the southern provinces has begun. Radio Voice of
Shariat signal is available in the provinces of
Paktia, Paktika and Khost. 

Taliban controlled the Afghanistan Radio and TV when
they captured Kabul In June 1996. They took the TV off
the air and blasted the uplink dishes. their main
objection was the appearance of female artists on the
TV which they declared anti-Islamic. 

Broadcasting was restricted to Radio on MW and FM .
Playing music and broadcasting female sounds was
stopped. The name of the Radio Afghanistan was also
changed to Radio Voice of Shariat. 

Radio Voice of Shariat went off the air and Radio
Afghanistan regained its existence after September 11
when the Northern Alliance forces, backed by the US
and the allies captured Kabul in 2001. And Radio
Afghanistan started its broadcasting. 

According to localsin the southern provinces bordering
Pakistan, the renewd Taliban programmes are heard
every night from an unknown place on FM band, which
can be heard for over a week. Most of their programmes
are propaganda against the Karzai Government and
international forces based in Afghanistan. 

Their propaganda calls the country 'occupied' and they
encourage the people to fight against the Government
and international forces. Parts of the programme are
messages of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban leader
that provokes people for Jihad. 

Radio Voice of Shariat do broadcast songs, but without
music, the same music which was heard during the times
when Afghanistan was under their control. The songs do
have music; are more provocative and remind the people
of Taliban as a good period of their rule. 

In the songs the Taliban played during their time of
rule, the Northern Alliance was described as
un-Islamic, and fighting them was called the holy war.


The Taliban used to distribute letters throughout the
night, dropping them in the front of house doors,
throwing them inside shops, hanging them on walls and
especially in mosques. As long as Radio Shariat
broadcasts, they are able to have easy access to
people, and this will make it easier too for them to
reach people and harass them. 

Without doubt they're getting more powerful day by
day, now that they launched a mobile FM radio that
makes it difficult to trace the place from where they
are broadcasting.This, surely is just one of the signs
of their gaining ground. 
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Source: http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=46957

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