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Video of Armed Taliban Standing Behind News Presenter Goes Viral: 'Looks More Like a Hostage Video'

  

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Via:  sister-mary-agnes-ample-bottom  •  3 years ago  •  10 comments

By:   MSN

Video of Armed Taliban Standing Behind News Presenter Goes Viral: 'Looks More Like a Hostage Video'
In the event that the world needed more evidence that Afghanistan is a very different place today than it was even a few weeks ago, a new video has emerged that puts that difference in stark relief. BBC's Yalda Hakim shared a short video clip purported to be of Afghan TV in which armed Taliban […] The post Video of Armed Taliban Standing Behind News Presenter Goes Viral: 'Looks More Like a Hostage Video' first appeared on Mediaite.

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In the event that the world needed more evidence that Afghanistan is a very different place today than it was even a few weeks ago, a new video has emerged that puts that difference in stark relief.

© Provided by Mediaite armed Taliban behind Afghan news anchor

BBC's Yalda Hakim shared a short video clip purported to be of Afghan TV in which armed Taliban foot soldiers stand behind an Afghan television presenter while talking about the collapse of the Ghani government and telling viewers that the Afghan people should not be afraid of the new Islamic Emirate. Hakim tweeted:


Afghanistan TV - surreal

This is what a political debate now looks like on Afghan TV, Taliban foot soldiers watching over the host. The presenter talks about the collapse of the Ghani govt & says the Islamic Emirate says the Afghan people should not to be afraid #Afghanistanpic.twitter.com/oEverVgLOE

— Yalda Hakim (@BBCYaldaHakim) August 29, 2021

The 42-second video paints such a stark image of how a "free" press can so quickly devolve when a government falls, particularly to a fundamentalist religious group such as the Taliban. And so the reaction to the video that went viral pretty much made that point. To wit:


#Surreal4Sure#FactVsFiction

Wow!

Depending on what he utters, this news anchor is sure to be shot - either by camera or by AK47! https://t.co/f70DGedLOJ

— Abhishek G. Bhaya अभिषेक অভিষেক ابھیشک å礼 (@abhishekbhaya) August 30, 2021


It almost looks like an SNL sketch. https://t.co/aGfwLcuD1L
â Matthew Kadish (@MatthewKadish) August 30, 2021


The world over, parody is dead because reality has killed it. "Do not be afraid", the anchor tells viewers as armed Taliban soldiers stand behind him, careful to show themselves on camera to the viewers. This scene would make for a brilliant semiotics class. https://t.co/5wDe74L32w
â Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) August 30, 2021


'Should not be afraid'. With grim-faced Taliban armed to the teeth all around him. Looks more like a hostage video. https://t.co/FU6MfARI2M
â Alan Weston (@alanweston) August 29, 2021


Trying to think of all the articles I have read on 'Taliban 2.0' and their much improved communications strategy https://t.co/mCQ0sI4jDc
â Debasish Roy Chowdhury (@Planet_Deb) August 30, 2021

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Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom    3 years ago

No worries about fair treatment and wonderful public relations over in that neck of the woods. jrSmiley_88_smiley_image.gif

1.  $10 says the poor announcer-guy peed his pants before ever stepping in front of the podium.

2.  The 2 guys standing behind him would have no problem killing everyone in the room for no reason at all.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
1.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1    3 years ago
The 2 guys standing behind him would have no problem killing everyone in the room for no reason at all.

Just for not having a beard and the mullet the Taliban favor

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
1.2  devangelical  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1    3 years ago

... at least the GOP keeps their domestic terrorists behind the FOX set's blue screen backdrop. sheesh...

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
2  Ronin2    3 years ago

The Taliban are our new "allies" don't you know?

Hard to tell our allies from our enemies these days.

 
 
 
goose is back
Junior Guide
2.1  goose is back  replied to  Ronin2 @2    3 years ago
Hard to tell our allies from our enemies these days.

Our new allies are trying to talk us into a trip to meet some virgins.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.2  Tessylo  replied to  Ronin2 @2    3 years ago

So true!  Especially here in the US and on NT!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
2.2.1  Ronin2  replied to  Tessylo @2.2    3 years ago

Comparing US citizens to the Taliban. A repetitive new low for the left. Classless, truly classless. 

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
3  Hal A. Lujah    3 years ago

The weather man was surely shitting his pants.  “Oh Allah, please let my weather forecast be accurate!”

 
 
 
Moose Knuckle
Freshman Quiet
4  Moose Knuckle    3 years ago

The Taliban is now using our helicopters over Kabul to hang traitors.

Link

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
4.1  Ronin2  replied to  Moose Knuckle @4    3 years ago

Seems the Taliban found some pilots. Wonderful, now we can look for to countless images like this from Afghanistan. Hopefully none of them will be of US citizens.

 
 

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