Taliban Blows Up Oldest Shrine in Ghazni Province Afghanistan

By Jim Hoft
Published May 4, 2019 at 5:20pm

Shams-ul-Arifeen shrine

Just like the good ol’ days the Taliban blew up the oldest shrine in Ghazni Province Afghanistan.

The Taliban Wednesday (May 1) blew up one of the oldest shrines in Ghazni Province, according to local Afghan officials.

Militants destroyed the Shams-ul-Arifeen shrine, one of the oldest in Ghazni city and one of the most famous in the province, late at night, Arif Noori, a spokesperson for the Ghazni governor, said in a statement Thursday (May 2).

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The shrine was venerated nationwide, said the statement.

The Taliban famously blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas blew up in Afghanistan.
The posted a video bragging about their destruction.

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Jim Hoft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.