Night letter
A night letter is an unsigned
Afghanistan
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Night letters have been a tactic employed by the Taliban and other extremist groups in Afghanistan to intimidate supporters of secular government and education.[1]
Iran
A shabnama (Persian: شبنامه, lit. 'night letter') is a pamphlet communicating warnings or direction, which are surreptitiously distributed.[2] Shabnama have been found throughout Iranian history. Shabnameh were widely distributed in the 20th century in Iran over the course of several revolutionary movements. An early 20th century example would be following the Persian Constitutional Revolution, when shabnameh were distributed in Tehran decrying the occupation of parts of Iranian territory by Russian troops,[3] and against the changing of the legal examination laws.[4]
Israel
In the late 1970s, Israeli peace activists belonging to the
See also
- Samizdat: a similar form of surreptitious dissident literature in the Soviet Union
References
- ^ Walsh, Declan (September 19, 2004). "'Night letters' from the Taliban threaten Afghan democracy". The Observer. Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
- ^ Rory Carroll $100,000 bounty on Westerners The Observer (UK). 7 April 2002.
- ISBN 978-0-415-62433-6.
- ISBN 978-1-137-28203-3.
Further reading
- The Taliban Insurgency and an Analysis of Shabnamah (Night Letters). Thomas H. Johnson, Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 18, No. 3, 317–344, September 2007