Washington / islamabad – The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the Afghan Taliban’s decision to ban FM transmissions of two U.S.-funded news media and urged an immediate resumption of their broadcasts.
The Islamist Taliban government’s ban went into effect December 1. A day earlier, the Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture said it had received complaints about programming content but shared no specifics.
In a statement, the press freedom watchdog called on the Taliban to “cease their intensifying crackdown” on media in Afghanistan.
“This latest crackdown on media clearly shows the Taliban is going back on their word about guaranteeing press freedom in Afghanistan,” said Beh Lih Yi, CPJ Asia program director.
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