KABUL: Over the years a Top Taliban spokesman expelled the public eye, even when he gathered hundreds of thousands of followers online where he lived – Tweet rebellion.
But the days after the Taliban arrested Kabul after the collapse of the US-backed government, Zabihullah Mujahid presented himself to the public for the first time at a surprising press conference in the Afghan capital.
At first glance, there was a slight thing that distinguished a Taliban spokesman from his other leaders – the middle-aged jihadist was wearing a black turban and full black beard framing his attitude carved from decades of war.
“We have expelled foreigners,” he said in his opening remarks.
Just a few days earlier, Mujahid announced through the social media murder of a leading government spokesman Dawa Khan found that the murder was regulated “in a special attack” carried out by the Taliban.
A spokesman now sit in the old chair, trying to eliminate worries about how the Taliban will rule.
“Everything on the opposite side is forgiven from A to Z,” Mujahid said as he asked a question from the remnants of the Afghan press corps.
“We will not take revenge.” Over the years, there is a debate about whether the Mujahid is even one person – monkers who serve as a cover for the wing of extensive Taliban information.
But the real and relaxing mujahid in his public debut, providing guarantees in live broadcasts on behalf of groups that have banned television.
When asked whether the Taliban is expected to be forgiven after their brutal violence campaign that brought death and destruction into Afghan cities, Mujahid was not healthy.
Loss, no matter how great it is, it is very valuable, he argues.
“The power of large occupation is defeated,” he explained.
It was seen because it banned TV and radio under their iron boxing rules in the 1990s, the Taliban had adapted to the nature of modern media which continued and deftly used it for their benefit.
“The Taliban understands that the information war is a modern war,” Richard Sengel wrote – a former under the Secretary of State for the Obama administration – in the editorial of the New York Times.
“They don’t try to build a new platform; they try to integrate and dominate the existing landscape.” Mujahid is believed to oversee the operation of public relations that have coordinated countless press releases, request interviews, and questions from journalists in recent years.
Outside the presence of its social media, Mujahid and his team also manages the impressive Whatsapp group network, where they provide real-time updates directly to journalists.
Little is known about the role of spokesman in the past in this movement, the impact on the collection of their victory was very monumental even when other spokesman emerged and took more public roles from the Taliban political office in Doha.
Under the leadership of Mujahid, the Taliban effectively had a battlefield narrative during the final group attack this summer, giving a detailed sketch of the movement of his fighters when the Afghan government remained silent.
Taliban’s victory arises all but cannot be avoided, according to the narrative presented by the Taliban press office, because government forces surrendered to Masse often without gunfire.
Over the past 10 days of war, Mujahid will announce the fall of every new city to the Taliban with a tweet, becoming Minister of De-facto information conflict which is expressed by his group quickly.
Now it is in power, Mujahid will be faced with a new task – convincing Afghans and the international community that the Taliban can switch from battle to government.
“All problems can be resolved with talks,” Mujahid told reporters on Tuesday.
“We guarantee our brothers.
We have the same country and the same goal.”
Taliban spokesman in the spotlight after a shadow fight
