The Taliban have gone from punishing the use of the Internet to using it as a weapon of war
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:43 am
of Kabul , the capital of Afghanistan, spread like wildfire across the globe on Sunday. Most of the world learned of the Taliban's incursion into Kabul through the media and international authorities. And those directly concerned, the Afghans, learned about it not so much through gunshots or megaphones in the streets. A WhatsApp message was enough to make them aware of the new situation. The fundamentalist group spread through the famous messaging service texts as laconic as they were forceful: "We are in charge of security in Kabul."
It is inevitably paradoxical, but technology of American origin has played and is playing a united arab emirates number data fundamental role in the capture of Kabul by the insurgent group , which urges the local population via WhatsApp not to panic. Meanwhile, Taliban spokesmen report in real time on the transfer of power using technology "made in the USA": Facebook and Twitter.
The Taliban, who once loathed the Internet, have turned to it to make their message even louder. Mohammed Naeem, spokesman for the political office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, for example, has a whopping 200,000 followers on Twitter . And the bluebird profile of another prominent Taliban leader, Suhail Shaheen, has more than 370,000 followers.
It is inevitably paradoxical, but technology of American origin has played and is playing a united arab emirates number data fundamental role in the capture of Kabul by the insurgent group , which urges the local population via WhatsApp not to panic. Meanwhile, Taliban spokesmen report in real time on the transfer of power using technology "made in the USA": Facebook and Twitter.
The Taliban, who once loathed the Internet, have turned to it to make their message even louder. Mohammed Naeem, spokesman for the political office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, for example, has a whopping 200,000 followers on Twitter . And the bluebird profile of another prominent Taliban leader, Suhail Shaheen, has more than 370,000 followers.