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.
The message of the recording is that the Taliban are now in control: “Thank God now the Americans have withdrawn from the airport and everything is in our own hands.”
The source of the recording, and why it was sent to this family, isn’t clear, although Department of Defense intelligence experts told The Epoch Times they believe it was sent to phone numbers taken by the Taliban from lists of those holding special immigrant visas (SIV)—the visas granted to Afghans who worked for the United States. The experts believe the recording is a psychological warfare operation meant to panic, and thus flush out, individuals who assisted the United States.
On Aug. 20, The Epoch Times reported that the Taliban had acquired U.S. surveillance equipment that might provide access to databases of biometric information on Afghans.
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