Three wedding guests reportedly shot dead in Afghanistan for playing music at reception

The assault was carried out by three assailants who claimed to be members of the Taliban earlier than opening hearth, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid advised reporters at a press convention Sunday.

Mujahid stated the gunmen attacked a reception going down within the Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar Province. A neighborhood journalist additionally advised CNN at the very least two folks had been killed and 10 others injured.

The Taliban spokesman added that it was not permissible to kill anybody for enjoying music, and an investigation was underway to ascertain whether or not the incident was as a consequence of a private feud.

“Within the ranks of the Islamic Emirate nobody has the precise to show anybody away from music or something, solely to attempt to persuade them. That’s the important manner,” Mujahid advised the press convention, in response to AFP.

Mujahid later reiterated in a sequence of Twitter posts that the suspects had claimed to be Taliban members, and had requested for the music to be stopped earlier than firing earlier than opening hearth — however didn’t confirm whether or not or not they had been. He stated two folks related to the incident had been arrested, however a 3rd had escaped.

Though they disapprove of taking part in music at weddings and different public occasions, the Taliban has not issued a decree banning it since coming to energy in August. 

Nonetheless, in late August folk singer Fawad Andarabi was dragged from his home and killed by the Taliban, whereas musicians in the country told CNN’s Clarissa Ward that they had been advised to not play their devices.

Throughout their earlier interval of rule in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban banned most types of music as un-Islamic.