Taliban Paints Over George Floyd Mural In Kabul, Replaces It With Taliban Flag
The group has been painting over Kabul street art with victory slogans
Cullen McCue by Cullen McCue
September 8, 2021
Taliban Paints Over George Floyd Mural In Kabul, Replaces It With Taliban Flag
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The Taliban have started to paint over street art in Kabul while replacing it with victory slogans and Taliban flags. One of the murals that was painted over was one that depicted George Floyd with “I can’t breathe” written below. The Floyd mural was recently whitewashed and replaced with Taliban approved text.
According to The Guardian, the Floyd mural was painted by a the “Artlords” group. The group painted several murals in Afghanistan depicting events such as Taliban-Afghan government peace talks, the drowning of Afghan refugees in Iran and the killing of Japanese aid worker Tetsu Nakamura. The mural of Nakamura has also been painted over by the Taliban. “All of the murals are an extension of me, extension of Artlords and extension of the artists who worked on them,” Artlords founder Omaid Sharifi told The Guardian.
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The group has been painting over Kabul street art with victory slogans
Cullen McCue by Cullen McCue
September 8, 2021
Taliban Paints Over George Floyd Mural In Kabul, Replaces It With Taliban Flag
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The Taliban have started to paint over street art in Kabul while replacing it with victory slogans and Taliban flags. One of the murals that was painted over was one that depicted George Floyd with “I can’t breathe” written below. The Floyd mural was recently whitewashed and replaced with Taliban approved text.
According to The Guardian, the Floyd mural was painted by a the “Artlords” group. The group painted several murals in Afghanistan depicting events such as Taliban-Afghan government peace talks, the drowning of Afghan refugees in Iran and the killing of Japanese aid worker Tetsu Nakamura. The mural of Nakamura has also been painted over by the Taliban. “All of the murals are an extension of me, extension of Artlords and extension of the artists who worked on them,” Artlords founder Omaid Sharifi told The Guardian.
https://nationalfile.com/taliban-pa...mural-in-kabul-replaces-it-with-taliban-flag/
