The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has actually closed 12 media outlets &-- both public and personal &-- in seven provinces this year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has actually said.Eleven tv stations and one radio station have been required to entirely cease their activities, while three radio stations were closed briefly before they were allowed to resume operations on the condition that they accepted stop relaying music, RSF said in a statement.&& The ideological hardening of the Taliban (IEA) in current months has actually accelerated repression and increased dangers versus media outlets in Afghanistan.
The expansion of bans on images of living beings in specific provinces, in particular, has actually resulted in a series of closures of television stations,& & said Célia Mercier, head of RSF&& s South Asia Desk.She required the unconditional resuming of all silenced media outlets, so they can continue their objective of informing individuals in total freedom.The Islamic Emirate states it has actually shut media outlets serving prohibited political parties, and some outlets have actually stopped operating due to economic problems.Earlier, Political Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai likewise said that the Islamic Emirate needs to allow media to run freely.The post Twelve media outlets closed in Afghanistan in 2024: RSF initially appeared on Ariana News.