Taleban Launches Clandestine Pirate Radio Station In Afghanistan
April 18, 2005
Voice of America
Afghanistan's Taleban regime, which was driven from power by U.S.-led forces, has launched a clandestine radio station that is being heard in that country's southern provinces.
The pirate radio station, called Shariat Shagh or Voice of Shariat, operates from a mobile transmitter and broadcasts anti-U.S. and anti-government propaganda and Islamic hymns. It can be heard in regions of the country which were once the strongholds of the fundamentalist movement.
The Voice of Shariat comes as a bloody insurgency still rages in parts of Afghanistan, particularly in the south. A Taleban spokesman said the radio station will tell listeners about the Taleban's thoughts and objectives.
U.S.-led forces toppled the Taleban government after it refused to hand over al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, architect of the September 11, 2001, attacks against the U.S.
(VOA Apr 18 via Grace-USA)
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