Film and video media related to the Taliban in Afghanistan range from high-production western documentaries and feature films to the Taliban's own sophisticated digital propaganda campaigns. Since their return to power in 2021, the landscape has evolved to include viral "traveler" content and undercover journalism exploring life under the new regime. Scholarly & Strategic Analysis
To the outside world, the Taliban’s return was marked by checkpoint chaos and airport crowds. But inside the newly occupied Ministry of Information and Culture, a quiet, deliberate production was already underway. The group had learned a critical lesson from their first rule in the 1990s: a government that controls the narrative survives longer than one that only controls the streets.
"The Directorate of Virtue" (Weekly Release)
