The Guardian Article Rating

'Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret': inside the Taliban's return to power

Feb 17, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    28% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    20% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Local people still flocked to the historic blue-tiled shrine at the heart of the city; they still thronged at night around cars selling Mazar's famous grapes, tomatoes and white aubergines; trucks laden with coal and onions still headed to the Uzbekistan border, about 50 miles north of the city, while those bringing UN food aid drove in the other direction.
39% : They set up a shadow government that was the de facto ruling power in the countryside, levying taxes from farmers and businesses and administering Taliban law.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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