Creating Villains and Heroes through Media: Case Study of Taliban take over after US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Abstract

Taliban take over in Afghanistan and occupation of power corridors is one of most
important issues of last year. Researchers want to analyze coverage of coverage of
Taliban takeover on international media. For that purpose, researcher has taken The
Economist, Hindustan Times and British Broadcasting Corporation. To analyze the
coverage of Taliban occupation in Afghanistan researcher used critical discourse
analysis technique. This study concluded that both the BBC and The Economist both
portrayed the Taliban regime as dangerous as well as greatly highlighted their inability
to rule the state. While at the same time, the Hindustan Times Portrayed the situation
in a neutral tone but at the same time they brought the distorted narrative of Afghan
women being seriously oppressed, while in reality so facts exist to prove this to be true.
International media represent the negative image of Taliban along with their religion
and discuss the imposition of Shariah in Taliban rule.