ISLAMABAD: The flags of Afghan Taliban were found hoisted on the rooftop of Jamia Hafsa building located in the heart of the federal capital, according to Dawn News.
Talking to the private newspaper, officers of the capital administration and police said four to five white flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan were found hoisted on the rooftop of Jamia Hafsa in G-7/3.
“The flags were spotted after Zuhr prayers and shortly the capital administration and police were informed about it,” they said. In response, the issue was brought under the notice of senior authorities concerned who directed the administration and police to act.
Immediately after the flags were sighted, they were removed by the capital city administration and police. The deputy commissioner of Islamabad in a tweet stated: “Lal Masjid affiliated Jamia Hafsa erected Afghan Taliban Flag on the building. Was removed there and then.”
Was removed there and then https://t.co/LXwbZDT2mf
— Office of Deputy Commissioner Islamabad (@dcislamabad) August 20, 2021
An officer of the administration said the seminary management told the officers that they had nothing to do with the hoisting of the flags. The issue was inquired and later it was revealed that some students were behind it.
On Sunday, 10 people carrying Afghanistan’s national flags gathered at F-9 Park and chanted slogans which spread fear among the people present there. The police reached the spot but the group managed to escape. Later, the police arrested five of them from different areas and recovered Afghan cards from them.
