Open source researcher Qais Alamdar (@Qaisalamdar on X) was one of the first to geolocate a video that claimed to show two explosions. They found the explosions appear to have occurred within the military compound. x.com/Qaisalamdar/...

Qais Alamdar on X: "🚨 Geolocation of the Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul A video circulated by Pakistani sources appears to show two explosions following strikes on a military compound, reportedly in Kabul. After carefully analysing it, I geolocated the footage that corresponds to the largest https://t.co/CvwWeD8SFD" / X

🚨 Geolocation of the Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul A video circulated by Pakistani sources appears to show two explosions following strikes on a military compound, reportedly in Kabul. After carefully analysing it, I geolocated the footage that corresponds to the largest https://t.co/CvwWeD8SFD

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🚨 Geolocation of the Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul Both impacts appear to have struck elongated, hangar-like structures within the compound perimeter. Coordinates: 📍 North explosion: 34.561032, 69.367823 📍 Southeast explosion: 34.564363, 69.369704

In the latest Intelligence Spotlight episode, we spoke with Baptiste Robert (@fs0c131y.com), CEO of Predicta Lab, about ethical hacking, responsibility, and why #OSINT is about judgement, not just data. Full episode here: 🔗 www.intelfocus.org/podcasts/mos...

In this Intel Focus Special, Anni Lindén and Qais Alamdar are joined by a Venezuelan journalist in exile, who remains anonymous, to discuss repression, collapsed institutions, mixed emotions, and silenced voices in Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro. www.intelfocus.org/podcasts/voi...

👉 In this episode of Intelligence Spotlight, we speak with journalist and media leader Gemma Terés Arilla about investigating power, supporting reporters under threat, and why independent #journalism is facing a global funding and trust crisis. Full episode: 🔗 www.intelfocus.org/podcasts/whe...

🚨 An AI-generated image of Nicolas Maduro's capture went viral before US President Trump posted the real image confirming Maduro's capture. Intel Focus immediately debunked the viral image, full report: 👇 www.intelfocus.org/reports/fact...

Fact check: why the image claiming to show Nicolás Maduro’s capture cannot be verified — Intel Focus

An image circulating online claims to show the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro captured during the US operation in Caracas. Despite the Trump administration having confirmed the capture, they have...

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Here you can hear me talking for about half an hour about my favorite topic: disinformation and how to fight it. Thank you @qaisalamdar.bsky.social for inviting me (and I am sure the voice echo on the recording was my fault somehow) open.spotify.com/episode/2T91...

How Fact Checkers Fight Back with Alice Echtermann

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🧑‍💻🕵️🤖🛡 I was featured on Intel Focus' Intelligence Spotlight podcast, speaking with @qaisalamdar.bsky.social about information warfare evolving in the age of AI, and the challenges and opportunities for researchers and OSINT/SOCMINT investigators in the counter-infops/-misinfo space. 🎧▶️:

Inside the Future of Information Warfare & AI Before 2030 With Sohan Dsouza — Intel Focus

Sohan, who has studied influence operations and artificial intelligence ethics through an OSINT lens, told The Intelligence Spotlight podcast that modern disinformation campaigns are less about pers...

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Recent investigation on Taliban fake accounts on Twitter.

CORRECTIV@correctiv.org · last yr.

Vor über drei Jahren haben die #Taliban die afghanische Regierung gestürzt und die Kontrolle über das Land übernommen. Eine Recherche von CORRECTIV.Exile zeigt nun, wie diese seitdem den digitalen Raum verstärkt für ihre #Propaganda nutzt – etwa mit Fake-Identitäten und Bot-Accounts.

🚨Exclusive Report: I investigated how the Taliban use fake identities and bot accounts to simulate support and exploit the digital space for their propaganda. It is now published on @correctiv.org. Special thanks to Viera Zuborova, Minou Becker and the others. correctiv.org/en/internati...

The Taliban's Algorithmic Emirate: How bots can reinforce and shape a political system

How the Taliban use fake identities and bot accounts to simulate support – and exploit the digital space for their propaganda. An investigation into targeted manipulation, virtual control, and the thr...

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🚨 Iran’s IRGC reportedly prepares Sejjil ballistic missiles (MRBM) to target US bases if any hostile action is taken against Iran. — Via IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel

Live traffic data on Google Maps shows heavy congestion on major roads linking #Tehran to other cities and regions. The Tehran–Karaj highway, which leads towards Qazvin, indicates a significant westward movement of people leaving the capital.

🚨 A partially collapsed residential building in central Tehran, reportedly hit during an Israeli strike, has been geolocated to Shahr Ara Street in District 6, within the Sattar Khan neighbourhood–a densely populated area. 🗓️ 13 June 2025
 🏙️ Sattar Khan, Tehran, Iran
 📍35.714513, 51.370638

Russia parades its fleet of UAVs. Among them are: 1. Orlan-10, Russian-made, used reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and artillery adjustment. 2. KUB-BLA, Russia-made kamikaze (suicide drone). 3. Lancet-1 and other variants, Russian-made kamikaze drones.

Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting hints at Crimea strike, Medvedev: "Think twice, Nazi!" open.substack.com/pub/qaisalam...

Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting hints at Crimea strike, Medvedev: "Think twice, Nazi!"

Germany’s CDU leader Friedrich Merz suggests Ukraine could use Taurus missiles to strike Crimea. Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev reacts with fury, branding Merz a “Nazi” in a personal attack.

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The US Air Force covert C-17 mission to Tajikistan and the disinformation that followed open.substack.com/pub/qaisalam...

The US Air Force covert C-17 mission to Tajikistan and the disinformation that followed

Flight tracking data reveals a US Air Force C-17 may have landed in Tajikistan, not Bagram airbase in Afghanistan followed by waves of misinformation and speculation.

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Explained: how international aid shaped Afghanistan from 2018 to 2021 open.substack.com/pub/qaisalam...

Explained: how international aid shaped Afghanistan from 2018 to 2021

Billions flowed in to sustain Afghanistan’s government, army and economy—but between 2018 and 2021, foreign aid exposed as many cracks as it covered.

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The full episode is now up on our channels: links below!

Qais Alamdar@qaisalamdar.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very glad to have hosted @techjoe.bsky.social for the upcoming Intelligence Spotlight podcast series talking about #OSINT and investigative journalism. Full episode is up on Thursday, Jan 20. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1T8hIfu... YT: youtube.com/@intelligenc...

Very glad to have hosted @techjoe.bsky.social for the upcoming Intelligence Spotlight podcast series talking about #OSINT and investigative journalism. Full episode is up on Thursday, Jan 20. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1T8hIfu... YT: youtube.com/@intelligenc...

🚨Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan A detailed geospatial analysis of #Iran’s eastern frontier with #Afghanistan, presenting key findings, security data, and an open-source interactive map to visualise the region's defence infrastructure. medium.com/@qaisalamdar...

EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan

This open-source report contains a geospatial analysis of Iran’s eastern frontier with Afghanistan revealing security infrastructures, the…

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🧵 #OSINT | Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan The 930-km Iran-Afghanistan border spans rugged terrains like mountains and rivers, facing challenges from smuggling, tribal tensions, and Taliban-era instability, with intense border control. *Heat map: border security

great work from @qaisalamdar.bsky.social

Qais Alamdar@qaisalamdar.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan A detailed geospatial analysis of #Iran’s eastern frontier with #Afghanistan, presenting key findings, security data, and an open-source interactive map to visualise the region's defence infrastructure. medium.com/@qaisalamdar...

🚨Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan A detailed geospatial analysis of #Iran’s eastern frontier with #Afghanistan, presenting key findings, security data, and an open-source interactive map to visualise the region's defence infrastructure. medium.com/@qaisalamdar...

EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s $3 billion wall and border strategy with Afghanistan

This open-source report contains a geospatial analysis of Iran’s eastern frontier with Afghanistan revealing security infrastructures, the…

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An Uzbek commander of the Imam Bukhari Battalion posted a video from Latakia in Syria, congratulating his ''fellow Mujahideen''. The insignia indicates that he is part of the Imam Bukhari Battalion (كتيبة الإمام البخاري) fighting in Syria. 1/2 📍35.546382, 35.760310

#Syria: 🚨 The past 24hrs, a private jet (registration: C5SKY-E35L) flying from Dubai to #Damascus and then flew three times to Abu Dhabi and is back now to Damascus indicating evacuations to UAE.

A troubling trend in ads of AI apps on TikTok where images of individuals are turned into kissing scene—it holds greater consequences for culturally sensitive societies and may lead to honour-based violence. medium.com/@qaisalamdar...

The dark side of AI creativity: Privacy and sexual harassment concerns

A new wave of AI applications such as Reviva, SelfyzAI, Fotorama and others has taken social media platforms like TikTok by storm through…

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From Tehran to Pyongyang to Kabul: Russia’s quiet alliances in a time of war

Russia’s meeting with the Taliban, led by Sergei Shoigu, signals potential military and economic cooperation, including resource and…

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🚨 #Afghanistan | AFF claims an explosion on a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul geolocated 🗓️ 18 November 2024 🌆 Chahar Qala Chahardhi Road, PD6, Kabul 📍 34°29'23.5"N 69°06'51.2"E 1/2

A thread | 🚨Several layers surround why the Taliban allegedly abducted Canadian ex-soldier David Lavery. David, a founding member of Canada’s elite counterterrorism unit, Joint Task Force 2, and the founder of a private security firm in Kabul, was likely captured as leverage. 1/6