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‘I Forget About the World:’ Afghan Youth Find Escape in a Video Game

November 23, 2020November 24, 2020Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Fatima FaiziComments Off on ‘I Forget About the World:’ Afghan Youth Find Escape in a Video Game
The game’s cultlike following in Afghanistan inhabits a real-life version of its violent virtual reality.
Tagged Afghanistan, Computer and Video Games, Kabul (Afghanistan), PUBG (Video Game), Taliban, Terrorism
Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Fatima Faizi
https://www.nytimes.com/section/world?emc=rss&partner=rss

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