A new survey finds that at least 40 percent of media outlets in Afghanistan have disappeared and more than 80 percent of women journalists lost their jobs since the Islamist Taliban seized control of the country in mid-August. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) conducted the study with its local partner, the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA),…
Since the fall of the former Afghan government on the 15th of August, media in Afghanistan has been facing new challenges that has led to the closing of many outlets, and has caused many wo
Kabul, Dec 21 (EFE).- Over 230 media outlets have shut down in Afghanistan and over 6,400 journalists, mainly women, have lost their jobs since the Taliban seized power in mid-August, a survey published by Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday shows. “More than four out of every ten media outlets have disappeared and 60% of journalists …