Monitoring Desk: Taliban state control media outlet, Al-Mirsaad that funded, operated, and controlled directly by the Afghan Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) media and publications wing has condemned Emergency Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
Al-Mirsaad is tightly linked to high-ranking Taliban leaders, including Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani said in an article and X message that ten days earlier, Al-Mirsaad reported Pakistan’s federal government was planning to impose an emergency in KP and control the provincial government of KP. In the detail article-type X message, Al-Mirsaad said that Emergency in KP is a regional issue and would definitely reshape the geopolitics. Appreciating and supporting PTI government in KP, Al-Mirsaad expressed its indirect moral support to PTI leadership and indirectly demanded the reversal of the decision of Emergency Rule in KP calling the pronouncement as ‘military backed’.
The Al-Mirsaad media outlet, which is also active on social media, started in January 2023 and posts content in 10 languages. It is a highly coordinated multilingual media organization and information warfare arm operated by the Afghan Taliban. The Al-Mirsaad English X account (@AlmirsadEnglish) serves as one of the platform’s primary digital nodes to distribute its English-language propaganda, press releases, and articles to a global audience. The network operates a central hub website (almirsaden.com) alongside dedicated social media channels on X, Telegram, YouTube, and WhatsApp. It broadcasts in over 10 languages, including English, Pashto, Dari, Urdu, Arabic, and Uzbek.
Security analysts and research institutions, such as the Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research (CSSPR), outlines top objective for Al-Mirsaad’s messaging is Information Warfare targeting Pakistan. Al-Mirsaad actively attempts to shape narratives surrounding regional geopolitics, particularly Afghan-Pakistani border tensions. The organization routinely publishes aggressive commentaries while attempting to drive diplomatic wedges between Pakistan and its international allies like China and Saudi Arabia.
