I work for an Afghan news agency. One day a spokesman to the Taliban's military commander, Mullah Dadullah (who was later killed in Helmand), warned media organisations and reporters they would kill them if they did not publish any of their claims or statements.
It was difficult for any news agency to publish all of their claims, because the spokesmen were claiming 15 to 20 attacks on the forces every day and the authorities would confirm only two or three incidents.
Our boss was frightened so he ordered to publish every thing the insurgents send or say. We did. The result was that people thought we were propagating for the insurgents.
One day we got an email from an unknown sender which read: "your excessive propaganda for the Taliban is not fair. We will kill you very soon. Wait your end."
We forwarded the email to the spokesman of the Taliban (his name was Dr Mohammad Hanif who later captured by security forces in Nangrahar) and he replied the next day, "Don't worry! We will take your revenge.";
