{"id":15399,"date":"2026-02-04T02:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15399"},"modified":"2026-02-04T02:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:31:44","slug":"the-explicit-suppression-of-the-jafari-sect-in-west-kabul-the-taliban-forcibly-removed-symbols-of-mid-shaban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/the-explicit-suppression-of-the-jafari-sect-in-west-kabul-the-taliban-forcibly-removed-symbols-of-mid-shaban\/","title":{"rendered":"The explicit suppression of the Ja’fari sect in West Kabul; the Taliban forcibly removed symbols of Mid-Sha’ban."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The explicit suppression of the Ja’fari sect in West Kabul; the Taliban forcibly removed symbols of Mid-Sha’ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local sources in West Kabul report that, coinciding with the arrival of Mid-Sha’ban, the Taliban have prevented the installation of flags and religious symbols through coercive and threatening behavior, and have taken down a number of installed flags “by force.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to sources, Taliban forces directly entered markets, areas around mosques, and residential neighborhoods, and collected any religious symbols.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to these reports, religious flags and slogans related to Mid-Sha’ban, the birth anniversary of Imam Mahdi, the twelfth Imam of Ja’fari Shiites, have been targeted by the Taliban, and citizens have been warned to refrain from any form of celebration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources state this action was accompanied by explicit threats, and local residents fear the potential consequences of disobedience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is while Mid-Sha’ban, known as “Eid-e Barat,” was widely and publicly celebrated in previous years, especially in Shiite-populated areas of Kabul.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Observers say what is happening in Kabul today is a clear sign of a policy of religious elimination and humiliation; a policy the Taliban have adopted since returning to power, according to which various sects are not only not recognized but are also silenced by force, threats, and insult.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The explicit suppression of the Ja’fari sect in West Kabul; the Taliban forcibly removed symbols of Mid-Sha’ban. Local sources in West Kabul report that, coinciding with the arrival of Mid-Sha’ban, the Taliban have prevented the installation of flags and religious symbols through coercive and threatening behavior, and have taken down a number of installed flags […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15399","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\/15399","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=15399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15414,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399\/revisions\/15414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}