Taliban seen patrolling streets of Kabul on rollerblades with AK-47s
The Tal🦂iban seems to be taking a move straight out of the “Barbie Movie.”
Video and circulating on social media appears to show AK-47-armed Taliban secu♍rity 𒁃forces patrolling the streets on rollerblades.
Several coul💃d be seen skating between traffic alongside a truck, where one terrorist is helming a turret.
At other times in the 22-minute long video, the Taliban fighters could be𓆉 seen “skitching,” or grabbing onto the mov😼ing truck to be towed.
The 𒁏video was uploaded by YouTuber Yadullah Marvi, who describes himself online as a parkour athlete in the city, on Nov. 11.
“The first pa༺rt of the military performance of figure skating in the streets of Kabul,” Marvi wrote in the descriptio⭕n of the video.
“In this video, the movement of our figure skaters were ♎filmed, and people’s reactions were also filmed, and this is the first part of the video. Wait for tꦉhe next parts!”
Throughout the video, the Taliban fighters seem to be ski♉lled skaters — using “t-stops” and crossov𓄧er skating.
At one point, one fighter could even be seen flippin🐷g direction to༺ face backward while holding onto a truck.
All of the Taliban fighters in the video were wearing camouflage uniforms, on which sev꧅eral had attached black and🉐 white Velcro flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — the formal name of the government installed by the Taliban following the US’s departure,
As they approached intersections and traffic, th𒁏ey could be seen speeding ahead in the gaps between the lanes to either stop cross traffic or force drivers to clear a path for them.
Nearly everyone in the truck could be se🍌en filming ಞon their phones, including several who lean out the window for a better view.
One skater is also seen wearing civil🍸ian-style headphones and♏ could be seen pulling out his phone as if he were changing a song on a playlist.
But the video also included dramatic music playing in the background, as siﷺrens blared to warn residents of their presence.
Khalid Zadron, the Kabul police spokesman, confirmed the video was genuine and showed officers from public security police operating under the Ministry of Inter🌱ior,
Another T🧔aliban security officer also said he witnessed the event.
“It was really fun: amazing balance and body strength,” he told the UK outlet.
“It might be common in the world elsewhere, but for us, it was rare to see on the roads of Kabul.”
The video appea𒀰rs to be part of the terrorist group’s efforts to rebrand 🥂itself.
It has also shared photos of Taliban fighters enjoying amusement parks and swinging on swing sets.
Prior to their takeover of the country, the Taliban also shared vi💜deos and photos of them working out and eating ice cream.
Neha Ansari, ꦉa Washington-based counter🥀terrorism analyst, conceded that this is “a very different Taliban.”
“They are seasoned fighters, very tech savvy, media savvy. T🐠hey have traveled the world, they have negotiated with huge powers,” she , notꦜing that they now have a better understanding of how to pander to the West.
But by December 2022, the Taliban resumed its public executions.
In September, the group also raided the offices of a Swiss nonprofit group based in Afghanistan, detaining 18 workers — including one American — for allegedly preaching Christianity.
