

Gohel says that the Taliban are now “media savvy” and their increasing exposure to technology and ongoing interactions with the West have benefitted their propaganda efforts and are aimed at showing “a softer, perhaps more clownish side” of the strict and dangerous organization.īut Gohel warns that it would be a mistake to think the members of this hardcore Islamist group that was driven from power in 2001 are just a bunch of fun-loving rascals having a run in their off-hours from plunging their nation back into darkness.Īccording to Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban Negotiations Team and Polit and spokesman for International Media, “Mujahideen should pay utmost attention to the treasury, public facilities, gov.

Gohel, told VICE World News that videos of Taliban fighters cruising around in what looks to be a theme park is indicative of how “sheltered” those fighters have been from western influence over the last decade. A security and terrorism expert who specializes in Islamist ideology, Sajjan M.
