Taliban Paint Over U.S. Occupation's George Floyd Mural With Victory Slogans

We painted over the mural of a false liberal deity in Kabul and wrote uplifting messages of faith and freedom in its stead. pic.twitter.com/uZfBQPGrTk

— Malang (@MalangKhostay) September 8, 2021

The Taliban have started painting over murals left behind from the American occupation. Here they paint over one mural depicting St George Floyd and replace it with proclamations of victory. pic.twitter.com/4mDD5MifAT

— Mencius Moldbugman (@moldbugman) September 7, 2021

The Taliban have started replacing murals on Kabul's streets with paintings of their flags and Islamic slogans as the new rulers continued to reimpose their austere vision on Afghanistan.

The murals addressed everything from the killing of George Floyd in the US and the drowning of Afghan refugees in Iran, to the signing of the US-Taliban agreement towards peace and murder of a Japanese aid worker.

"Artlords", a group of creatives, painted the murals on walls and blast barriers, spending eight years transforming swathes of Kabul until the Taliban marched in.