News channel owned by DMK family glorifies Taliban

Sun News, the news channel part of Sun Network owned by Kalanithi Maran, brother of DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran has glorified Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.

In the channel’s YouTube channel it can be seen hailing Taliban and how they captured Afghanistan ‘without force’.

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In the above picture, the header reads “How the Taliban captured Afghanistan without shedding even a drop of blood”.

In another news it read “Talibans, who took over Afghanistan easily”.

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Many on social media lashed out at the news channel for trying to whitewash the crimes of Taliban and for trying to tow the line of Pakistan.

About Sun News and Kalanidhi Maran

Sun News is part of Sun Group, owned by Kalanidhi Maran of Karunanidhi family which is the largest corporate media conglomerate in the country. Apart from TV channels, he runs a daily news paper, FM station, film production house and many other media platforms.

He is one of the richest men in India.

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