Taliban take over radio station after capturing Kandahar
India TV NewsThe Taliban seized a radio station in Kandahar and took to the airwaves Saturday after capturing much of southern Afghanistan in a rapid offensive that has raised fears of a full takeover less than three weeks before the US is set to withdraw its last troops. The withdrawal of foreign forces and the swift retreat of Afghanistan's own troops despite hundreds of billions of dollars in US aid over the years has raised fears the Taliban could return to power or the country could be plunged into civil war. The Taliban released a video in which an unnamed insurgent announced the takeover of the city's main radio station, which has been renamed the Voice of Sharia, or Islamic law. The Taliban have operated mobile radio stations over the years, but have not operated a station inside a major city since they ruled the country from 1996-2001.
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