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Taliban captures TV and radio stations in Afghanistan to broadcast threats and warnings and to also propagate the ‘Voice of Shariah’
According to Nabbharat Times, the Taliban have taken over the TV station to broadcast threats and warnings and to also propagate the Taliban’s Voice of Shariah.
Taliban has upped its ground offensive ever since the US has started withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan. For the last five days, fierce fighting has broken out in three major cities in the south and west Afghanistan, namely Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar, as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces. According to Hindi daily Navbharat Times, the Taliban, on August 2 (Monday) captured a radio station in Lashkar Gah.
Additional story at: www.tinyurl.com/4avb7mtz
Afghanistan monitoring observations
Kabul transmitter is still present tonight on 1107kHz with announcements and Quran reading (via SDR Haparanda Sweden)
(Franck Baste (BDXC 1467)
621 kHz 0100 - 1900 UT
1107 kHz 0030 - 1930 UT
1296 kHz 0030 - 1730 UT
(W. Bueschel/HCDX)
At 1825 UTC on 1107 kHz just after reading from Quran, there was announcement "Emarat Islami Afghanistan" by male announcer, instead of 'Islami Republic of Afghanistan', station taken over ?
(Alokesh Gupta, India/HCDX)
Also, 1107 kHz still IDed as Radyoe Afghanistan and on 621 kHz Deewa Radio in normal operation; 1296 kHz carries VOA Ashna Radio // 7495 kHz at 1555 UTC.
(Mauno Mauno Ritola/HCDX)
Taliban takeover: What we know so far
President Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday following hours of negotiations for a peaceful transition of power, as the Taliban amassed its fighters around the capital Kabul.
The development comes in the wake of the Taliban’s stunning victory on the battlefield, capturing more than a dozen provincial capitals in less than two weeks.
Additional story at: www.tinyurl.com/ydj3k84h
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Taliban take over radio station after capturing Kandahar
Here in India we try to catch the 6100 kHz. But it is in-active. But news sources said, they are broadcasting only on FM. They stopped to play the film songs. In the meantime Radio Afghanistan's official website were also under construction. More details awaiting from the monitoring people.(Jaisakthivel, Ardic DX Club, Chennai, India/HCDX 16 Aug 2021)
11 Taliban Members Killed in US Airstrike as Fighters Sweep Afghan Provinces, Thousands Flee
Taliban now have their eyes on Mazar-i-Sharif, the biggest city in the north, whose fall would signal the total collapse of government control. At least 11 Taliban members were killed in a B-52 airstrike by US forces in Kapisa province’s Nijrab district on Tuesday morning, TOLO News quoted a provincial police spokesman as saying.
Additional story at: www.tinyurl.com/7ntf4c
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