The Afghan father of Orlando gay nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had expressed support for the Afghan Taliban and denounced Pakistan in an online video, according to a media report.
Seddique Mateen, who was referred to as Mir Seddique in early news reports, hosted the ‘Durand Jirga Show’ on a channel called Payam-e-Afghan, which broadcasts from California, the Washington Post reported.
In it, the elder Mateen speaks in the Dari language on a variety of political subject. Dozens of videos are posted on a channel under Seddique Mateen’s name on YouTube.
Meanwhile, the father of the Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen, has posted a video in which he condemns the atrocity committed by his son but then appears to suggest it is for God to enact “punishment” against gay people.
Seddique Mateen posted the video, which is in Dari, the variety of Persian language spoken in Afghanistan, on his Facebook page in the early hours of Monday morning, shortly after a brief telephone interview with the Guardian.