File photo of the Taliban's Pakistan unit
Kabul:
An apparently errant tweet by the Taliban's spokesman in Afghanistan gave his location as being in neighboring Pakistan.
On Friday, a tweet by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claiming an attack included geo-location information that suggested he sent the message from Sindh, Pakistan.
Mujahid later sent a tweet on Saturday describing the location leak as an "enemy plot." He also offered his Afghan telephone number to confirm his identity and wrote: "With full confidence, I can say that I am in my own country."
Twitter says such geo-location data is based on latitude and longitude data or other information provided by users at the time of their message.
In an explanation of geo-location, Twitter itself warns: "Remember, once you post something online, it's out there for others to see."
On Friday, a tweet by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claiming an attack included geo-location information that suggested he sent the message from Sindh, Pakistan.
Mujahid later sent a tweet on Saturday describing the location leak as an "enemy plot." He also offered his Afghan telephone number to confirm his identity and wrote: "With full confidence, I can say that I am in my own country."
Twitter says such geo-location data is based on latitude and longitude data or other information provided by users at the time of their message.
In an explanation of geo-location, Twitter itself warns: "Remember, once you post something online, it's out there for others to see."
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