Wikipedia's first sentence called it “afghan taliban politician who is currently serving as an official deputy central spokesman for the islamic emir”. Today it says “afghan diplomat and politician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Deputy Central Spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Maulvi Asadullah , also known as”. It now reads “Deputy Central Spokesperson of Afghanistan Maulvi Asadullah , also known as”.
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Comment: Not clear what makes this person notable. Unlikely to be WP:NPOL ? Being a 'spokesman' will get him mentioned in the media as he comments on things, but that is not the same as receiving significant coverage about him. Happy to be proven wrong on this, though? DoubleGrazing ( talk ) 18:19, 20 July 2023 (UTC) Deputy Central Spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Maulvi Asadullah (Bilal Karimi) better known as Bilal Karimi (بلال کریمی) is an Afghan Taliban politician who is currently serving as an official Deputy Central spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 25 October 2021 alongside Ahmadullah Wasiq and Inamullah Samangani . Karimi is also a member of the Taliban Cultural Commission. He has previously served as a Taliban spokesman. "د اسلامي امارت د ویاند لپاره درې مرستیالان ویاندویان وټاکل شول" . 25 October 2021. "ذبیح الله مجاهد او درې مرستیالان یې معرفي شول" . 25 October 2021.1
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Deputy Central Spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Maulvi Asadullah , also known as Bilal Karimi ( Pashto : بلال کریمی ), is an Afghan diplomat and politician, who has been serving as the Afghan Ambassador to China since 1 December 2023.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “afghan taliban politician who is currently serving as an official deputy central spokesman for the islamic emir”. Today it says “afghan diplomat and politician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Deputy Central Spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Maulvi Asadullah , also known as”. It now reads “Deputy Central Spokesperson of Afghanistan Maulvi Asadullah , also known as”. Read the current article and compare.
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afghan taliban politician who is currently serving as an official deputy central spokesman for the islamic emir
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afghan diplomat and politician
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