Shakira Broadcast Too Racey for Afghani Gov

Shakira is seemingly too provocative for Afghanistan, and surprisingly it’s not because of her hip shaking.

The largest private television station could face legal action by authorities for their broadcast of Shakira performing on stage, which was considered to racey for the country’s powerful conservative establishment.

Did I mention her chest was covered with computer pixellation? Pretty crazy, huh?

Opinion on the streets of Kabul is divided over the Shakira broadcast. “Her clothes were very tight,” said Sharif, a 41-year-old doorman who watched the concert. “Religious people say it is the West trying to impose their values but I had no problem with it.”

State television broadcast interviews with clerics and MPs criticising the concert while one pro-government newspaper attacked the “notorious” broadcast of a “naked US pop singer and dancer” claiming it provided inspiration to suicide bombers.

“We believe Shakira’s song will be shown with Tolo TV’s exclusive logo at the training camps for suicide attackers to urge our immature young people to leave a number of our mothers bereaved,” said the Weesa newspaper.

But the owner of Tolo TV, Saad Mohseni, who grew up in Australia, said: “This was not that provocative and Shakira was pixellated. The government are looking for an excuse to have a go at us.”

Wow. If they think Shakira is sexually offensive they obviously have never seen footage of Madonna back in the ’80s.

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