The Taliban leadership is admonishing rank-and-file fighters to stop goofing around taking selfies after their take over of Afghanistan
KABUL—Rank-and-file Taliban fighters have been having too much fun in Kabul after seizing the Afghan capital without a fight last month, and the Taliban leadership has now issued a stern order to stop.
Thousands of young Taliban men from all over the country, many of whom have never been to a big city before, were deployed in Kabul after . When not on duty, they sightsee, picnic and visit amusement parks, in a tangle of guns and turbans. Taliban fighters from elsewhere in Afghanistan have also come to gawk at Kabul on tourist trips.
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