N The movement to adjust media freedom in Afghanistan, the Taliban has introduced the ’11 rules’ to the news organization. The decision was taken to place the embargo on the issuance of content that was contrary to Islam or insulted the national personality.
The New York Times in a report said that the Taliban had also asked journalists to write or display news items in coordination with the government’s media office.
Steven Butler, a senior member of the US-based press freedom organization said: “Journalists are just scared.” He added, “The organization has received hundreds of emails from [Afghanistan] journalists asking for help,” said the New York Times report.
The report said that since the collapse of the Afghan government, more than 150 media outlets in Afghanistan had died after failing to perform daily functions. This is because the Taliban continues to create intrusion in the media ‘rights to information’, which has hampered journalist work, reported Tolo News.
Previously this month, the Taliban also cracked in journalists which included demonstrations against ‘new governments’ were formed after removing democratically chosen governments.
NSTEAD keeps promises to respect and respect human values, the group continues to violate the basic human rights of the basic media personnel because they are harassed, tortured, and killed.
Since the Taliban took over, there have been changes in the contents displayed on the private TV channel. An important news bulletin, political debate, entertainment, music and foreign drama shows have been replaced with a program tailored to the Taliban government.
The committee to protect journalists (CPJ) also asked the Taliban to immediately stop holding back journalists in Afghanistan and let the media operate freely and without fear of retaliation.
Dawa Khan Shows, Director of the Media Center of the Afghan Government Information in Kabul was killed in the first week of August.
Two days later, Touphan Omar’s journalist from Pakhia Ghag Radio, was killed by the Taliban fighters. Immediately after Kabul fell, the Taliban fighters began to look for journalists and many were tortured while some were killed, reported Arabiya.
