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World Service,4 mins

How have the Taliban used social media to gain power?

Digital Planet

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The Taliban’s online presence is geared to influence across many languages and platforms, within Afghanistan and around the world. Adam Rutland, co-founder of the Centre for Information Resilience in the UK, looks at the effectiveness of their campaign and how they have learnt from other organisations such as Isis. (Image: Taliban fighter uses his mobile phone, June 2021, Credit: Getty Images.)

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