A YouTuber from Kerala named Muhammed Yaseen whose channel name is “Yaseen Vlogs” has shared a video called “Welcome to Taliban.” In the video Yaseen who is from Kerala is speaking in Malayalam and English and claims that the Taliban are very nice people and one can travel safely across Afghanistan. Many on social media are calling it a public relations video shot by this Youtuber for the Taliban.
Yaseen Mohammad Yaseen, a native of Wayanad, has over 8 lakh followers on his YouTube channel. According to the videos, he entered Afghanistan through the Tajikistan border. He mentions that during his stay in Tajikistan, he stayed with 2 Pakistanis and 1 man from Afghanistan.
Yaseen has documented his travels in Afghanistan as videos on his YouTube channel. He has apparently visited many places in Afghanistan like Kunduz, and Mazar-i-Sharif to name a few.
In one of his YouTube videos, Yaseen is seen praising the roads in Afghanistan, however, he conveniently or deliberately forgot that most of the infrastructures like roads, highway, power grids, and dams was built by the Indian taxpayers.
He has also shared videos of him having lunch and dinner with the Taliban and is very happy when told that there is no violence in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control.
In another video, Yaseen is asking his fellow Muslims to join him in Afghanistan where they can have the latest assault rifles, machine guns, and American-made guns that the US had left behind. Yaseen is seen traveling with a Taliban leader in a car and later holds guns. Yaseen also shows a letter that was supposedly issued to him by the Taliban to travel all across Afghanistan.
The video already has over 1.5 lakh views and was shot at Mazar-i-Sharif and he can be heard praising the Islamist regime while admiring their guns. As the video became public on various social media platforms such as X (formally Twitter), many have called for immediate intervention from the central government.
"Welcome to Taliban"
— महारथी-മഹാരഥി (@MahaRathii) September 19, 2023
This person is Muhammed Yaseen from Kerala, and he runs a YouTube channel named "Yaseen Vlogs."
Here is an invitation from This Mallu Peaceful to his fellow jihadi in Kerala, asking them to join him in Afghanistan (Taliban).
He is enticing them with the… pic.twitter.com/RfUCxl5NaU
In all the vlogs that he made in Afghanistan, not even one woman is seen in public, and throughout his recordings, he seems to be very happy with his Sharia-compliant surroundings.
Taliban came to power in dramatic fashion in August 2021. After taking power, this puritanical Islamic regime carried out many extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests, torture, and unlawful detention. Pre-pubescent girls were again forced to marry older men but all such injustices seemed not to deter Yaseen from enjoying himself in Afghanistan.
Kerala has a long history when it comes to its native Muslims joining terror organizations and such videos will only entice other Muslims to join the Taliban which has imposed strict Sharia laws in Afghanistan and has put many restrictions on women. Under the Taliban rule, women can no longer pursue education and employment, and Yaseen praising the Taliban rule and instigating people to join him is a matter of national security.
As the video became public on various social media platforms such as X (formally Twitter), many have called for immediate intervention from the central government.
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