On 27 August 2026, GDI-015-linked Al Azam released a Pashto AI-generated video glorifying Usman Batur’s armed struggle in East Turkestan and portraying Xinjiang as occupied territory under Chinese Communist forces.
Narrative Punchlines
What more proof is needed of the Afghan Taliban Regime-ETIM nexus? GDI-015, the Taliban Regime’s media wing, itself produced an AI-generated video glorifying Usman Batur and his armed struggle.
GDI-015 controls the Taliban Regime’s media machinery, making its production of such content a direct reflection of regime-controlled propaganda.
The video glorifies Usman Batur as a legendary resistance leader of East Turkestan, presenting his armed struggle as heroic and as a campaign to liberate East Turkestan/ Xinjiang from Chinese control.
It portrays China’s Xinjiang province as occupied East Turkestan and Chinese forces as occupying communist forces, directly echoing ETIM’s separatist narrative.
This is not merely narration. Taliban Regime’s own GDI-015 has deliberately produced AI propaganda that glorifies terrorism and the ideological narrative surrounding East Turkestan.
GDI-015 has exposed the nexus itself, using Taliban-controlled media to manufacture and amplify content that glorifies the armed struggle and separatist cause associated with ETIM.
