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163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet

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Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days they are embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influencers to try to rehab their image abroad. Afghan anthropologist Omar Sharifi unpacks whether it's working.

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