Taliban Head of Information and Culture Abdul Haq Hammad said Tuesday that a court in Kabul will decide from this week on the status of the licenses of up to ten media outlets to broadcast.
Hammad justified that the licenses of these media are in question due to the numerous complaints that they have been receiving for the infractions they have committed against «national interest and values» during the past year.
«We have repeatedly summoned the heads of these media outlets to the ministry and then to the commission to clarify and respect the principles, but they have ignored our requests,» Hammad said.
Since seizing power in August 2021 after the surprise takeover of Kabul, the Taliban have been enforcing iron-fisted censorship against the media, causing many professionals to leave the country.
Those still in Afghanistan are finding it increasingly difficult to report on the pressures and repression that the fundamentalists, for example, are exerting against those protesting policies that prohibit women and girls’ access to education, work and freedom of movement.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
