{"id":143432,"date":"2019-05-11T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T12:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=143432"},"modified":"2019-05-11T14:29:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T12:29:28","slug":"taliban-fighters-double-as-reporters-to-wage-afghan-digital-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=143432","title":{"rendered":"Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_143433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143433\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/taliban-fighters-double-as-reporters-to-wage-afghan-digital-war__163660_.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-143433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/taliban-fighters-double-as-reporters-to-wage-afghan-digital-war__163660_-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Taliban walk as they celebrate ceasefire in Ghanikhel district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan\" width=\"457\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/taliban-fighters-double-as-reporters-to-wage-afghan-digital-war__163660_-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/taliban-fighters-double-as-reporters-to-wage-afghan-digital-war__163660_.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taliban walk as they celebrate ceasefire in Ghanikhel district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban\u2019s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group\u2019s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mujahid says he gets his team of writers to cross-check facts shared by some of the hardline Islamist groups fighters, who double as reporters in the 34 provinces across the country. The writers prepare press statements in five languages and gather footage and photographs shot on smartphones.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The editor-in-chief then approves final drafts of the reports &#8211; highlighting the group\u2019s claimed victories in its war aimed at toppling the U.S.-backed Afghan government &#8211; before they are published by IT specialists based outside the country.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While some Afghan journalists say its accuracy is patchy, and its opponents accuse it of spreading \u201cfake news\u201d, the Taliban\u2019s slick media operation has emerged as a key weapon in the information war that often leaves the Western-backed government and its U.S. partners struggling to catch up.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Last month, for example the Taliban was swift to deny involvement in a suicide attack on the communications ministry in Kabul later blamed on Islamic State, while information from the government was slower to emerge.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Taliban spokesmen say they have also stepped up their outreach as the pace of direct talks between its negotiators and the United States on ending the war in Afghanistan has picked up in recent months. They are often quicker than U.S. officials to give their read-out from the talks &#8211; the sixth round of which wrapped up in Qatar on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhatever developments occur during the Doha talks, we share it with journalists,\u201d said Mujahid, adding that the messages were aimed at domestic and international audiences.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>ONLINE PRESENCE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mujahid and his colleague Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, two Taliban spokesmen based in Afghanistan, say they are authorized to interact with journalists, issue statements and tweet. They generally respond to text or voice messages from Reuters correspondents based in Kabul within an hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While their location cannot be verified, they use Afghan phone numbers to access WhatsApp. The names they use are pseudonyms assigned to them by the Taliban leadership.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are not authorized to reveal our real names, the two pen names are used to retain uniformity,\u201d Mujahid, who has more than 42,000 Twitter followers, told Reuters in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In 2011, the Taliban leadership started posting regularly on Twitter, a surprise move by the radical Islamist movement that once banned most forms of modern entertainment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">They now communicate on messaging apps WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram in English, Pashto, Dari, Arabic and Urdu.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe understand the importance of spreading information about our jihad and our determination to re-establish the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan,\u201d said Mujahid, who says he draws a monthly salary of 14,000 Afghani ($180), plus $128 for internet and mobile expenses.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNow many diplomats from various countries seek an audience with our leaders and follow us on social media,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter 17 years of struggle we are winning the actual war and the digital war against infidels and the puppet regime established by the Americans to govern Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Afghan and Western officials dispute both statements. Government forces and their military allies, they say, are inflicting heavy casualties on the Taliban on the battlefield, and continue to launch air strikes to destroy their camps. The Taliban\u2019s media operation is dismissed as misinformation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTheir false claims and exaggerated reports have reached an absurd style beyond any reason,\u201d said Colonel Knut Peters, the spokesman for NATO-led Resolute Support in Afghanistan, who closely tracks Taliban statements.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey are obviously trying to boost their own self-confidence while their fighters are dying in large numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since October, U.S. and Taliban officials have held talks aimed at preparing the ground for U.S. forces to withdraw from Afghanistan in return for a Taliban guarantee that the country will not be used as a base for militant attacks elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In recent months, the Taliban have repeatedly rejected calls to declare a ceasefire, and instead intensified their attacks on Afghan forces and government offices.<br \/>\n<strong>TALIBAN NEWSROOM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Afghan journalists who have been covering the Taliban since the 1990s said before the advent of social media the group sent out hand-written pamphlets and news reports to Afghan reporters based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Javed Hamim Kakar, a senior editor with Pajhwok Afghan News, the country\u2019s oldest private news agency, said the insurgent group has since created a complex network to disseminate news.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But a tendency to exaggerate casualties inflicted undermines the Taliban news operation\u2019s credibility, he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In April, for example, the Taliban reported its fighters had carried out a succ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban\u2019s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group\u2019s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces. 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