Talibans Love the iPhone, Too

Written by
  • 06 Mar 2009
  • View Comments
  • Mullah Abdul Salaam Zaeef was a Taliban ambassador to Pakistan and spent 4 years in Guantanamo, but this predictable portrait is spoiled by the presence of… an iPhone. Although the conservative Taliban had banned the Internet and TV during his 5 year rule (1996-2001), he’s an iPhone fan, since the handset is always with him.

    mullah2_wideweb

    Zaeef claims that he uses the iPhone to surf the web and the GPS to find difficult to reach locations. Sometimes he even checks his bank account balance with the aid of the phone and the former anti-technology Taliban now claims that “this is necessary in the world today. People want to progress.”

    Next tech item to get the man hooked? An Xbox 360…

    [via Uberphones]

    , , , , ,
    3 megapixel camera 3.2 megapixel camera 5 megapixel camera battery life BlackBerry Storm CES 2010 CES 2011 contract features HTC HD2 HTC Hero iPhone 3GS iPhone 5 launch launch date leak Mobile World Congress 2009 Motorola Android phone MWC 2010 MWC 2011 Nexus One Nokia N9 Palm Pre pictured price release review video video demo Windows Mobile 6.5