From regulations on what can be covered to rules on where women can work, journalists say it is increasingly difficult to report in Afghanistan. Restrictions on media “increased in the past year,” said Dawood Mubarak Oglu, a reporter who covers security and politics for the independent media group Salam Watandar Network. Oglu told Voice of…
washington - From regulations on what can be covered to rules on where women can work, journalists say it is increasingly difficult to report in Afghani
This week's Gandhara Briefing brings insights into the worsening relations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban, the effects of the floods in Pakistan's Swat valley, and the Taliban’s harassment of couples in restaurants.
Many Afghans are no longer willing to eat out, as many have stopped going to restaurants because of Taliban harassment. The militants mainly target couples, often demanding that they prove they are married.
Data from 15 Afghan media outlets revealed that the number of women journalists associated with them has declined by 50 per cent and the media outlets were downsized since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August.