163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet
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- Recorded Future News
- Published
- Fri 06 Sep 2024
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=719f40ea-6ba8-11ef-9e76-7f741f5ac9fe&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F8376%2Fclickhere
Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days they are embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influencers to try to rehab their image abroad. Afghan anthropologist Omar Sharifi unpacks whether it's working.
