Afghanistan International: Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister for the Promotion of Virtue, in his recent visits to the provinces, has emphasised on the strict implementation of the Law on the Promotion of Virtue. Informed sources said that the main purpose of these trips was to enforce the ban on photography and filming. Hanafi called on
8am: Access to information is a fundamental human right, allowing citizens to participate in decision-making and social activities. However, under Taliban rule, access to information in Afghanistan has been severely restricted by the group’s repressive policies. The media landscape in the country has never been more constrained, and journalists report that the Taliban’s restrictions and
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” – Jim Morrison Michael Hughes: The Taliban movement began implementing yet another round of antediluvian measures for the sole purpose of ensuring its grip on power, this time a ban on airing or publishing images of “living beings.” It is of course important to underscore that most of
Afghanistan International: Apple TV Plus, Apple’s movie and series streaming service, announced that it will begin airing the documentary “Bread and Roses” on November 22 of this year. The film, made by Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, explores the lives and struggles of some women in the early weeks after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan.
By Roshan Noorzai VOA News October 17, 2024 Washington — The Taliban has ordered media in three provinces of Afghanistan to stop airing images of any living being, a drastic step widely criticized by journalism and civil liberty groups. A Taliban official said this week that state-run media in the provinces of Takhar, Kandahar, and Maidan Wardak
AFP: Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced. “The law applies to all Afghanistan… and it will be implemented gradually” by persuading people images of living things are against Islamic law, spokesman for
DW: The Taliban recently imposed further restrictions on media organizations in Afghanistan, prohibiting criticism of their laws, policies and banning the broadcast of live political shows, according to Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), an independent organization supporting the media and press freedom in Afghanistan. The AFJC said the Taliban instructed media managers during a meeting on
Neda Mohammad Nadeem, the Taliban’s Minister of Higher Education and a close ally of Hibatullah Akhundzada, has repeatedly called for the killing and revenge against the country’s citizens through fatwas. Most recently, he labeled social media users as “apostates,” asserting that all infidels worldwide have gathered on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) to support infidels
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A Taliban-controlled state broadcaster in Afghanistan silenced a female journalist and her image during a live media event Tuesday, apparently in compliance with the radical rulers’ recently enacted morality law that bans women from speaking or showing their faces in public. Officials of the de facto Taliban
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 25, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations expressed concern Sunday over the enactment of a morality law by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban that imposes severe restrictions on personal freedom, silences women in public, and requires them to cover their faces. “It is a distressing vision for Afghanistan’s future, where moral inspectors have