Imam criticises U.S. involvement in Afghanistan in Friday prayers as Taliban urges obedience
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1633935
Imam criticises U.S. involvement in Afghanistan in Friday prayers as Taliban urges obedience
- Title: Imam criticises U.S. involvement in Afghanistan in Friday prayers as Taliban urges obedience
- Date: 27th August 2021
- Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST 27, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TALIBAN AND PEOPLE PRAYING PEOPLE SEATED DURING SERMON/ IMAM SPEAKING VARIOUS OF MAN SEATED WITH WEAPON IMAM SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) IMAM OF MOSQUE, MAWLAI ESAAM UDDING, SAYING: "You have seen the Americans, in the past 20 years, that they haven't done any fundamental thing for us to be self-sufficient while they leave the country. Which factory have they created for us, which power dam have they built for us? They build very shallow things, wooden and clumpy houses, and when these evil ones go, they also destroyed those wooden houses." MEN SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) IMAM OF MOSQUE, MAWLAI ESAAM UDDING, SAYING: "The government of the Islamic Emirate should make the field of work favourable for all people, if it is an engineer, if it is a doctor, and if it is an expert, they should make the field of work favourable for all of them so that everyone can work in their field." MEN LOOKING ON VARIOUS OF MEN PRAYING (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) KABUL RESIDENT, MATIULLAH, SAYING: "We want the government to create jobs as soon as possible, we want them to open the banks and money exchange markets so that situation gets stable." VARIOUS OF MOSQUE EXTERIORS VARIOUS OF WOMEN IN BURQAS WALKING ON STREET
- Embargoed: 10th September 2021 12:34
- Keywords: Afghanistan Friday prayers Kabul Taliban mosque
- Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- Country: Afghanistan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001ES20BIF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A Kabul imam lashed out at U.S. involvement in Afghanistan during Friday (August 27) prayers, as a Taliban statement urged preachers to focus on the importance of obedience to rulers in their sermons.
"You have seen the Americans, in the past 20 years, that they haven't done any fundamental thing for us to be self-sufficient while they leave the country," said Imam Mawlai Esaam Udding.
Mosque preachers were instructed to explain the importance of obeying rulers and urge citizens to do so, according to an official Taliban tweet.
It comes as U.S. forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 85 people including 13 U.S. soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport. Two blasts and gunfire rocked the area outside the airport on Thursday evening, witnesses said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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