webcafé in Kabul, Kazem Rahimi directs a scurrying armed figure around his screen. Scouring his sunlit online world, he hunts for rivals to shoot, while chatting to fellow players on a headset. Just a few miles outside the city, genuine fighting of a similar sort is an everyday occurrence, as Taliban guerrillas battle the Afghan security forces. In Kabul itself, bombs and assassinations are common. Yet for Mr Rahimi, the game is a form of escapism.
The game Mr Rahimi is playing, “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”, has been a global hit. It is mostly used as a smartphone app, not in dim underground gaming dens but in bedrooms and living rooms. It racked up worldwide sales of around $2bn in the first nine months of 2020., has caused a moral panic. Mobile-phone operators estimate that around 100,000 Afghans play it at once at peak times. Many also do so in the wee hours, when the internet is fastest.
Critics worry that it is further desensitising a generation already exposed to constant violence and is keeping young students from their studies. Freshta Karim, an educationist who runs a mobile library, says she cut the internet in her home to stop her nephews playing. “It looked so real, and for us, it looks more real because the war is going on,” she says.
The Ministry of Haj and Religious Affairs has piled in, declaring the game harmful to mental health and warning that it could create a violent mindset. On December 17th the telecoms regulator said it was banning the game, though it gave little indication of how it would enforce a ban or what the penalties for breaching one would be. It says it is discussing with telecoms firms how to put the ban into effect.the real problem with Afghanistan?” he says, rolling his eyes.
Is that what the US has got to show for its 20 years in the war torn country?
Why go so far..look what is happening in Venezuela or Do you support the dictator Maduro?
Four in ten young male Afghans - females don't count, apparently.
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Same here in Indonesia
So sad.... so many talented kids the world is missing... in Latinamerica is also a critical situation.
Better they play an online shooter than join the Taliban and become real-life Jihadists.
The double standard is repulsive to say the least. Like Americans and the likes are any different in such exposure. In fact they are ahead at it.
PUBG. Saved you a click.
Normalizar violencias, interiorizarla, los juegos de precisión o estrategia podrían tener temáticas no bélicas sin bajar ventas...
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