163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet
Sep 06, 2024•11 min
Episode description
Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days their embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influencers to try to rehab their image abroad. Afghan anthropologist Omar Sharifi unpacks whether its working.
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