A number of residents in Kabul's 16th district say they refused to attend the Omar Farooq mosque to protest the appointment of a new imam by the Taliban.
According to them, the Taliban sent Mola from Zabul district to the mosque against the will of the people, who do not speak the common language of the people.
A local resident told Afghanistan International that people brought Mola from Sigan District in Bamiyan Province to Kabul about four months ago at their own expense.
The resident said that about 99 percent of the worshipers at the Omar Farooq mosque speak Persian, but the imam presented by the Taliban does not speak Persian well.
He added that people repeatedly approached the Directorate of Hajj and Waqf and demanded to review this decision, but Taliban officials said that the decision to appoint a new imam had been made and could not be changed.