Afghan satire 'Kabul Taxi' angers spies, scribes summoned


  • World
  • Tuesday, 25 Aug 2015

KABUL (Reuters) - The biting political satire of a Facebook page called Kabul Taxi has got under the skin of Afghanistan's spy agency - enough so that it summoned the two journalists it suspects of being behind it for a two-hour grilling.

Kabul Taxi's acerbic take on the foibles of the Afghan government, corrupt officials and bureaucrats has made it the talk of the capital in the three months since it was launched, and a leader in a burgeoning scene of online satire sites.

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