163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet - podcast episode cover

163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet

Sep 06, 202411 minTranscript available on Metacast
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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.