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Why the Taliban Is Allowed on Twitter, But Trump Isn't

It's pretty simple.

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Chris Martin
Aug 17, 2021
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Zabihullah Mujahid is a spokesman for the Taliban, the oppressive Islamist military organization that has taken over Afghanistan in the last week.

Mujahid has a Twitter account and, to this point, has not been banned or otherwise barred from communicating on Twitter. This has predictably caused a bit of an uproar, especially within groups of people who a…

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