The history of Afghanistan is full of misfortunes. There have not been many governments whose achievements should be the sample of our historical pride. There have been only a few leaders accepted by all the ethnic groups living in the country as the national heroes. But considering all the miseries, during the five years of Taliban regime, they had banned the usage of modern technology even.
The country's administrative system was being purely controlled through extremist and obsolete religious ideas and efforts were made to establish a so-called Islamic Emirate. They had deployed their own perceived rules of Islamic Emirate in the society. Now it is really surprising to hear that Taliban have emerged using internet as a tool of promoting their ideologies via social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Taliban ruled the country since 1996 to 2001. During this era; the usage of any type of technology was banned and anyone found using the technology such as radio, tab-recorder or any other sort of digital media was sentenced to punishment. Taliban were considering the modern technology as the products of Non-Muslims and Western world.
They were used to believe that technology is the tool of propaganda used by Western people against Islamic Empire. But now according to the reliable sources and proves insurgent videos being published and uploaded over the internet indicate that they regularly use this technology so as to prop up their ideas and thoughts worldwide against their opponents.
The militants are hesitant to discuss the thinking behind their Internet U-turn, but last year's Arab Spring was a wake-up call to the Muslim world about the ability of social media to organize mass movements and communicate a message outside traditional channels.
Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said they would still ban the Internet or any other media outlet if they were used for "un-Islamic" purposes, but for now they are happy to use it as a public relations tool. They have set up an official website featuring propaganda videos depicting their campaigns against US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan, including scenes of attacks and bombings.
They are now regarding the social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as great tools of passing their messages and communicating way out of their under control territories. Along using the internet and media they still insist on banning them in the society if they are not used for the Islamic Empire's enlargement purposes.