Kabul: Terrorist group Taliban attacked Afghanistan's Panjsheer area with the help of the Pakistani army on Sunday, killing National Resistance Front (NRF) spokesman Fahim Dashty. At the same time, general sahib Abdul Wadood, the top commander of the front, was also killed in the Taliban attack. The death of Dashty and Vadud is seen as a major blow to Tajik-born rebel leader and NRF chief Ahmed Masood. Both of them were considered very close and reliable to Masood. It is being reported on social media that Fahim Dashty lost his life due to a mistake by the news channel BBC.
I was watching an interview of @FahimDashty with @bbcpersian. At one point the former's video disappeared. Instead, his satellite phone number was displayed on the screen. The BCC failed to ensure its anonymity. There are allegations that a drone traced has him via this number: pic.twitter.com/oI7mANuVuP
? Zalmai Nishat (@ZalNishat) September 5, 2021
People on social media are questioning how the Taliban got information about Fahim. People are blaming the BBC for this. People say BBC made Fahim's satellite number public, which proved to be useful for the Taliban, and traced the number and attacked Fahim. Media reports say that Ahmed Masood's accomplice Fahim Dashty was interviewing BBC when the Taliban along with Pakistani troops attacked Panjsheer and targeted resistance front leaders.
Zalmai Nishat, who describes himself as a policy expert, tweeted to his Twitter account @ZalNishat saying that while he was watching Fahim's interview on BBC Persia, Fahim's connection to BBC was disconnected and his satellite mobile number started flashing on the screen. Users say that based on this satellite number, the Taliban traced Fahim and the terrorists reached him. The Taliban then attacked Fahim and his associates with drones. People on social media are blaming the BBC entirely for Fahim's death.
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