Taliban hijacks theme park in Afghanistan - watch

Taliban hijacks theme park in Afghanistan - watch

2024-05-05 07:04:58

Videos uploaded to Twitter earlier this week of the militant group received as many as 75,000 likes as of Wednesday morning.

Videos uploaded to Twitter earlier this week of the militant group received as many as 75,000 likes as of Wednesday morning. 

A member of Taliban forces keeps watch at a checkpost in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
A member of Taliban forces keeps watch at a checkpost in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021.
(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)

A theme park in Afghanistan was hijacked by the Taliban, with photos and videos of the militant group riding the park's attractions going viral on social media, N12 reported on Tuesday. 

Taliban members playing bumper cars: 

| NEW: Taliban take control of a theme park in Kabul pic.twitter.com/pdpVlEXtGt

— News For All (@NewsForAllUK) August 16, 2021

زمونږ همکاري دادمحمد ناوک د کابل څخه راپور راکوي.. په پارکونو کې لوبې رواني او طالبان یې امنیت خوندي کوي pic.twitter.com/rmwtHjf0Hq

— nunn.asia (@nunnasia) August 16, 2021

Videos uploaded to Twitter earlier this week of the militant group received as many as 75,000 likes as of Wednesday morning. 

Between the conflicts of the streets in the capital Kabul, the Taliban fighters also found time to work out in the gym in the presidential headquarters and play sports. Others jumped on the trampoline and swayed on swings.

| NEW: Taliban take control of a gym at the presidential palace pic.twitter.com/hJv5ZWMvw8

— News For All (@NewsForAllUK) August 17, 2021

Taliban's terrorists right now: pic.twitter.com/2F8qHzw6No

— Asaad Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) August 16, 2021

All this happened simultaneously with the completion of the extremist organization's takeover of Afghanistan.

Talibant militants waving Taliban flag on the back of a pickup truck drive past a crowded street at Pashtunistan Square area in Jalalabad, Afghanistan (credit: REUTERS)

The Taliban said on Thursday that they will not live in "the shadow of secrecy," according to one of their officials.

The official also said that Taliban members had been ordered not to celebrate their recent sweep of the country, which brought them to the capital Kabul on Sunday, adding that civilians should hand over weapons and ammunition.

World leaders on Tuesday showed concern for the safety of thousands of Afghans, while the UN refugee agency called for an end to the forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers.

Reuters contributed to this report.