Video of Armed Taliban Standing Behind News Presenter Goes Viral: 'Looks More Like a Hostage Video'
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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.
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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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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.
Just for not having a beard and the mullet the Taliban favor
... at least the GOP keeps their domestic terrorists behind the FOX set's blue screen backdrop. sheesh...
The Taliban are our new "allies" don't you know?
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.
So true! Especially here in the US and on NT!!!!!!!!!!!
Comparing US citizens to the Taliban. A repetitive new low for the left. Classless, truly classless.
The weather man was surely shitting his pants. “Oh Allah, please let my weather forecast be accurate!”
The Taliban is now using our helicopters over Kabul to hang traitors.
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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.