Some photos of Taliban riders pedalling boats within the idyllic background of a Hindu Kush mountains lake has gone viral on social media after journalist Jake Hanrahan shared the photos on Twitter. “There photos are real,” he posted as Taliban fighters are often seen enjoying some serene moments within the lake with RPGs and assault rifles slinging from their shoulders.
A Daily Mail report said the photos are taken at Band-e Amir park , which wont to be a hotspot for international travellers and domestic tourists also . Around 45 miles from Bamiyan, the park contains a series of six deep blue lakes situated within the Hindu Kush mountains.
Some social media users also compared the photo with the long-lasting painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, which depicted the historic event of George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware during the American Revolutionary War.
Gun-toting Taliban fighters became a commonplace sight in Afghanistan after the country was captured by the group on Assumption . And it’s not the primary time that these photos of the changing face of Afghanistan have caught the eye of the planet . Soon after the Taliban took over Kabul, Taliban fighters were seen enjoying rides in an funfair in Kabul.
This week only, heavily armed Taliban fighters were seen roaming inside Kabul zoo with AK-47s and M16 assault rifles, mingling with children and families that came to go to the zoo. When asked about the armed presence, which isn’t a standard sight in any zoo within the world, one Taliban fighter told press agency AFP that the Taliban may bar guns from the zoo as they were in favour of it to form children and ladies comfortable.
