{"id":15034,"date":"2026-01-09T23:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15034"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:00:58","slug":"warning-video-from-badakhshan-taliban-message-to-global-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/warning-video-from-badakhshan-taliban-message-to-global-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning Video from Badakhshan; Taliban Message to Global Powers."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warning Video from Badakhshan; Taliban Message to Global Powers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A recently circulated video on social media shows a young Taliban-affiliated individual delivering a speech in English at the Ashkasham Grand Mosque in Badakhshan Province, addressing former U.S. President Donald Trump and other major global powers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The choice of English and the content of the speech indicate an attempt to send a message beyond Afghanistan\u2019s borders and reflect an extremist outlook within elements of the group.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While some segments of the Afghan public may view such statements as non-serious or even ironic, experts warn that the persistence of this ideological approach could have dangerous consequences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Analysts caution that the spread of this mindset risks pushing Afghanistan further into isolation, international tensions, and instability, widening the gap between the country and constructive global engagement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Meanwhile, any critical thinking within Afghanistan is met with suppression, detention, and intimidation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Widespread restrictions on women including deprivation of education, employment, and a life with dignity as well as the issuance of more than 150 restrictive decrees, illustrate policies at odds with human rights principles and Afghan societal demands, creating serious uncertainties for the country\u2019s social and political future.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warning Video from Badakhshan; Taliban Message to Global Powers. A recently circulated video on social media shows a young Taliban-affiliated individual delivering a speech in English at the Ashkasham Grand Mosque in Badakhshan Province, addressing former U.S. President Donald Trump and other major global powers. The choice of English and the content of the speech […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultural","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15042,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034\/revisions\/15042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}