This article is also available in Dari, translated by Said Najib Asil.
Hamed Latifee launched the YouTube channel Afghanistan Streets in 2023 to portray daily life in the country under Taliban rule. His videos often featured tours of construction sites, shops, or trips to Afghanistan’s provinces, where locals would showcase traditional foods or handicrafts. A frequent guest on his show was Rafiullah Ahmadzai, then a Kabul municipal officer; in one video posted last December, Latifee and Ahmadzai deliver bundles of wood for heating to an orphanage and an educational centre. They pat the children’s heads, ruffle their hair, and sit down with them to listen to their concerns. In a later segment, Ahmadzai tells Latifee that he gets funding from businessmen and investors, some of whom are outside Afghanistan, to distribute aid in the city.
