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Fewer Women, No Entertainment: Kabul’s Media Scene Transforms After Taliban Takeover

19th August, 2021 · admin

Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 18, 2021 Prominent female news presenter Shabnam Dawran is one of Afghanistan’s most recognizable faces. But after the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital on August 15, she was promptly fired along with all her female colleagues. A Taliban militant flanked by a white Taliban flag took her

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Posted in Afghan Women, Media, Society, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, censorship, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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Govt says NYT claims of misinforming media are baseless

11th January, 2021 · admin

Ariana: On Monday, the New York Times reported that after Ahmad Jawad Hijri, the spokesman for the governor of Takhar Province, told the media that children were wounded in an Afghan airstrike in the province in October, government jailed him for three days and then fired him. …Ghani administration has muzzled provincial spokesmen and district

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Media, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, censorship |
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Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties

23rd October, 2020 · admin

Ariana: Vice President Amrullah Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties from an Afghan government airstrike on October 22, 2020, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.  The Afghan air forces targeted a Taliban gathering at a mosque in Hazara Qarluq village in Takhar on Wednesday morning in which at least 12

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani Government, censorship, Takhar |
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Concerns raised around peace talks after journalists have Qatar visas rejected

12th August, 2020 · admin

Ariana: The Afghan media on Wednesday voiced concern over the upcoming intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha after Qatar visas for local journalists were not approved. Members of the public also objected to the move saying talks should not be held behind closed doors and that the people of Afghanistan have the right to be kept

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Posted in Media, Peace Talks, Taliban | Tags: censorship, Qatar-Afghanistan Relations |
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Report: Saleh goes after his online critics

25th February, 2020 · admin

Tolo News: Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT), a social and youth empowerment organization, which is led by Amrullah Saleh, the former Directorate General of National Directorate of Security (NDS) and the first running mate to President Ashraf Ghani, on Tuesday said that it has referred at least 40 social media users to the Attorney General for

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Posted in Media, Political News | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, censorship |
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Afghan acting interior minister orders personnel not to give interviews to press

10th February, 2020 · admin

1TV: Afghan Acting Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi has ordered the ministry’s personnel not to give interviews to press or remark on social media. If needed, necessary procedures should be made following instruction by the ministry’s leadership and in coordination with the general directorate of strategic communications, according to the order. Click here to read more

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Posted in Media | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, censorship, Massoud Andarabi |
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Afghanistan warns of blocking Facebook

13th April, 2019 · admin

1TV: Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Minister [Telecommunications and IT] Shahzad Gul Aryoubi said that Facebook is being misused in Afghanistan, as he cited harassment, insulting and publishing private photos and videos of others. He said that creating accounts should be based on documents and that all fake accounts should be blocked. Click here to

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Posted in Science and Technology | Tags: censorship, Shahzad Gul Aryoubi |
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Afghanistan’s Media Self-Censors to Survive

11th April, 2019 · admin

Human Rights Watch: The role Afghanistan’s vibrant media plays in public life represents one of the most significant changes that have taken place in the country since 2001. But that achievement is under threat, as journalists face growing intimidation and violence from both state and non-state actors. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists, censorship |
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Govt Accused Of Trying To Restrict Media Activities

13th May, 2018 · admin

Tolo News: Several media institutions in Afghanistan on Sunday raised concerns over what they described as government’s deliberate attempts to impose restrictions on live coverage of terrorism-related violence in the country. They said government was trying to censor the media. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Media, Political News | Tags: censorship |
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Ghani Accused of Censorship After Cutting Off Journalist

9th April, 2017 · admin

Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday addressed a press conference in Kabul after a week-long tour to the Asia-Pacific region and briefed journalists on the outcomes of his visit to Australia, Singapore and Indonesia. However, Ghani took questions from journalists but refused to respond to a question by TOLOnews reporter Sharif Amiri about rule of

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Posted in Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Ashraf Ghani, censorship |
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