Mysterious Audio Recording Threatens Afghans Who Aided US

Mysterious Audio Recording Threatens Afghans Who Aided US
A convoy of Taliban fighters patrol along a street in Kabul on Sept. 2, 2021. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
Bree Dail
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In an audio recording, Tarana music blares in the background while a man speaking Pashto asks his superior for permission to “hunt down everyone” on lists of Afghans who helped the United States. The unnamed speaker—who sources believe is a Taliban combatant—asks whether those captured should be killed, suggesting methods of execution.

The recording, obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times, was sent on Aug. 31 to the family of a former Afghan interpreter for the Department of Defense (now a U.S. citizen), who were left behind in the country.