Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, Taliban spokesman, accidentally leaks mailing list

GlobalPost

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmedi is just as prone to technological gaffes as the rest of us, if not more so. 

Ahmedi made a major e-mail flub on Saturday when he accidentally publicly CC'ed the terror organization's entire mailing list while sending out a press release forwarded to him by Zabihullah Mujahid, another Taliban spokesperson.

The 400-person list is mostly made up of journalists, but also includes "an address appearing to belong to a provincial governor, an Afghan legislator, several academics and activists, an l Afghan consultative committee, and a representative of Gulbuddein Hekmatar, an Afghan warlord whose outlawed group Hezb-i-Islami is believed to be behind several attacks against coalition troops," ABC News reported.

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The Taliban frequently communicates via e-mail to their contacts, often to claim responsibility for attacks, the Telegraph reported

The the organization has been vocal over recent events, dismissing Obama's re-election, and mocking CIA director David Petraeus' recent admission of an extramarital affair.  

“From a Pashtun point of view, Petraeus should be shot by relatives from his mistress’s family," another Taliban spokesperson said, according to the National Post. "From a Shariah point of view, he should be stoned to death.”

Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, however, is staying mum on the subject of his BCC/CC mixup: he did not return e-mails requesting a comment, according to ABC. 

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