Prominent officials have bought ticks which used to indicate notable accounts verified by Twitter.
Taliban officials and supporters are prolific users of Twitter, using the platform to disseminate key messagesThe Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts.
Hedayatullah Hedayat, the head of the Taliban's department for "access to information", now has the tick. Abdul Haq Hammad, head of the media watchdog at the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture, also has a blue tick on his account that has 170,000 followers.Muhammad Jalal, who previously identified as a Taliban official, praised the new owner of Twitter on Monday, declaring that Elon Musk was "making Twitter great again".
After their return to power in Kabul in August 2021, the group took over verified accounts run by the previous administration, including the Afghanistan Cricket Board. The sporting body's account now carries a gold tick.
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