This Article is From Oct 04, 2014

Errant Taliban Tweet claims Afghanistan Leader is Actually in Pakistan

Errant Taliban Tweet claims Afghanistan Leader is Actually in Pakistan

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."
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