Here you can hear me talking for about half an hour about my favorite topic: disinformation and how to fight it. Thank you @qaisalamdar.bsky.social for inviting me (and I am sure the voice echo on the recording was my fault somehow) open.spotify.com/episode/2T91...

🧑‍💻🕵️🤖🛡 I was featured on Intel Focus' Intelligence Spotlight podcast, speaking with @qaisalamdar.bsky.social about information warfare evolving in the age of AI, and the challenges and opportunities for researchers and OSINT/SOCMINT investigators in the counter-infops/-misinfo space. 🎧▶️:

Recent investigation on Taliban fake accounts on Twitter.

🚨Exclusive Report: I investigated how the Taliban use fake identities and bot accounts to simulate support and exploit the digital space for their propaganda. It is now published on @correctiv.org. Special thanks to Viera Zuborova, Minou Becker and the others. correctiv.org/en/internati...

🚨 Iran’s IRGC reportedly prepares Sejjil ballistic missiles (MRBM) to target US bases if any hostile action is taken against Iran. — Via IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel

Live traffic data on Google Maps shows heavy congestion on major roads linking #Tehran to other cities and regions. The Tehran–Karaj highway, which leads towards Qazvin, indicates a significant westward movement of people leaving the capital.

🚨 A partially collapsed residential building in central Tehran, reportedly hit during an Israeli strike, has been geolocated to Shahr Ara Street in District 6, within the Sattar Khan neighbourhood–a densely populated area. 🗓️ 13 June 2025
 🏙️ Sattar Khan, Tehran, Iran
 📍35.714513, 51.370638

Russia parades its fleet of UAVs. Among them are: 1. Orlan-10, Russian-made, used reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and artillery adjustment. 2. KUB-BLA, Russia-made kamikaze (suicide drone). 3. Lancet-1 and other variants, Russian-made kamikaze drones.

Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting hints at Crimea strike, Medvedev: "Think twice, Nazi!" open.substack.com/pub/qaisalam...

The US Air Force covert C-17 mission to Tajikistan and the disinformation that followed open.substack.com/pub/qaisalam...

Explained: how international aid shaped Afghanistan from 2018 to 2021 open.substack.com/pub/qaisalam...

It was a pleasure to speak about online misinformation and the importance of - and processes for - verification for Intel Focus’ Intelligence Spotlight Series, with @qaisalamdar.bsky.social & @leilabelmoh.bsky.social. Link to the podcast below: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/int...

The full episode is now up on our channels: links below!

Very glad to have hosted @techjoe.bsky.social for the upcoming Intelligence Spotlight podcast series talking about #OSINT and investigative journalism. Full episode is up on Thursday, Jan 20. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1T8hIfu... YT: youtube.com/@intelligenc...

🚨Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan A detailed geospatial analysis of #Iran’s eastern frontier with #Afghanistan, presenting key findings, security data, and an open-source interactive map to visualise the region's defence infrastructure. medium.com/@qaisalamdar...

🧵 #OSINT | Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan The 930-km Iran-Afghanistan border spans rugged terrains like mountains and rivers, facing challenges from smuggling, tribal tensions, and Taliban-era instability, with intense border control. *Heat map: border security

great work from @qaisalamdar.bsky.social

🚨Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan A detailed geospatial analysis of #Iran’s eastern frontier with #Afghanistan, presenting key findings, security data, and an open-source interactive map to visualise the region's defence infrastructure. medium.com/@qaisalamdar...

An Uzbek commander of the Imam Bukhari Battalion posted a video from Latakia in Syria, congratulating his ''fellow Mujahideen''. The insignia indicates that he is part of the Imam Bukhari Battalion (كتيبة الإمام البخاري) fighting in Syria. 1/2 📍35.546382, 35.760310

#Syria: 🚨 The past 24hrs, a private jet (registration: C5SKY-E35L) flying from Dubai to #Damascus and then flew three times to Abu Dhabi and is back now to Damascus indicating evacuations to UAE.

A troubling trend in ads of AI apps on TikTok where images of individuals are turned into kissing scene—it holds greater consequences for culturally sensitive societies and may lead to honour-based violence. medium.com/@qaisalamdar...

🚨 #Afghanistan | AFF claims an explosion on a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul geolocated 🗓️ 18 November 2024 🌆 Chahar Qala Chahardhi Road, PD6, Kabul 📍 34°29'23.5"N 69°06'51.2"E 1/2

A thread | 🚨Several layers surround why the Taliban allegedly abducted Canadian ex-soldier David Lavery. David, a founding member of Canada’s elite counterterrorism unit, Joint Task Force 2, and the founder of a private security firm in Kabul, was likely captured as leverage. 1/6

A UN sanctions monitoring team in July 2024 found that Al-Qaeda members enjoy freedom of movement throughout #Afghanistan, using training camps and madrassas across several provinces, including Ghazni, Laghman, and Parwan, for organisational purposes. 1/3

On 30 September 2024, the Taliban executed an unarmed civilian, Najibullah, in the #Balkh province of #Afghanistan, despite video evidence showing he posed no threat. #OSINT analysis disproves Taliban claims, revealing the incident as an extrajudicial killing. Read my report here: 👇