A video posted by the Taliban shows a man hanging from a Black Hawk helicopter as the Taliban flies over Kandahar:
Our Air Force!
At this time, the Islamic Emirate's air force helicopters are flying over Kandahar city and patrolling the city. pic.twitter.com/rlE6nUldZf— Talib Times (@TalibTimes) August 30, 2021
I can’t imagine this could be anything other than a public execution by the Taliban. Why else would you hang a man from a helicopter like this? But I’m open to suggestions otherwise.
One photo makes it look like the man is still alive:
The dude is alive by the way. pic.twitter.com/UKt1VUpK8n
— Chris (@Chris56974422) August 30, 2021
Here’s a different angle on the video:
Grabbed this from a Taliban Twitter account — a Taliban-piloted UH-60 Black Hawk hovering over Kandahar with what appears to be a person, or maybe a statue, hanging from a cable underneath pic.twitter.com/36HFMLEwmn
— (@BryanPassifiume) August 30, 2021
Reporter suggests it is a former “Afghan Air Force”, and I think he’s referring to the man hanging from the helicopter and not the helicopter itself:
It appears to be (now former) Afghan Air Force pic.twitter.com/plG695bMfv
— (@BryanPassifiume) August 30, 2021
Whatever the case, this is Biden’s Afghanistan, the one he’s passing on to the next president. Ugh.
UPDATE: The Independent suggests this person hanging from the helicopter is just a member of the Taliban being stupid:
FWIW — The Independent said the person hanging below the copter was a taliban member, and it's not a "hanging" as much as dudes being dumb. https://t.co/E3OfhqGQ85
— Lorraine Yuriar (@thekytikat) August 31, 2021
UPDATE: Another video clearly shows the man alive and the suggestion now is that the man was hanging below the copter to fix a flag or something.
A viral video claiming to show a man being brutally hanged from a helicopter in Kandahar was likely an attempt to fix a flag over a public building, not a hanging. A separate video of the incident shows the man is clearly alive and waving in the air. pic.twitter.com/x6T5iDhpc9
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) August 31, 2021