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Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have imposed wide-ranging restrictions on media and free speech that are already stifling criticism and dissent, Human Rights Watch said recently.
Despite the Taliban’s promises to allow media that respected Islamic values to function, the new rules are suffocating media freedom in the country.
A copy of the regulations seen by Human Rights Watch says that media are prohibited from printing or broadcasting reports that
“are contrary to Islam.”
During a late September meeting with journalists in Kabul, the Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture distributed media regulations whose provisions are so broad and vague as to prohibit virtually any critical reporting about the Taliban.
Many Afghan journalists have fled the country or have gone into hiding, and scores of media outlets, especially outside major cities, have closed altogether. Taliban commanders and fighters have long engaged in a pattern of threats, intimidation, and violence against members of the media, and have been responsible for targeted killings of journalists.
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