Sirajuddin Haqqani
8am: With a general review, one can conclude that the interview aligns with the effort to whitewash the Taliban and continues the narrative of the “good Taliban and bad Taliban,” portraying the Taliban as different from the 1990s, a narrative that had been discussed during the Doha negotiations. Such interviews by Western media are not unprecedented. If a country’s national interests and policies require it, they can turn the bloodiest figures into gentle personalities, or vice versa. Publicizing the photo of King Amanullah Khan with Queen Soraya to tarnish his image was also part of this tactic. Assigning bizarre titles to Hamid Karzai, such as the best president, and the most fashionable president, or introducing Ashraf Ghani as the second greatest thinker in the world and a specialist in rebuilding failed states, were all part of a Western media strategy to craft their images. Click here to read more (external link).
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