LONDON: The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the Taliban on Monday for detaining at least seven journalists, warning that the group “must cease detaining journalists for their work and lift all bans on news outlets’ operations.” Since Saturday, the Taliban detained and subsequently released at least seven journalists and media workers, and have ordered local outlets
The Taliban on Monday detained six Kandahar radio journalists for several hours and briefly shut down their stations for violating a ban on music. The actions are part of a broader crackdown on the country's once free but increasingly beleaguered media, rights experts say. In the Kandahar case, Taliban intelligence agents questioned the six journalists…
Seven journalists released from detention by the Islamic Emirate in Kandahar asked for clear guidelines for the activities of the media and journalists in the province by the Islamic Emirat
Transcript from a recording of Afghan journalist Makia, who talks of her work and life in Afghanistan, and what the Taliban takeover has meant for the media community in the country. Makia is among the lucky ones to have made an escape, first to Pakistan, and now starting life anew in Canada. This has been excerpted from “In their Own Words: Afghan Women Journalists Speak”, a report by the International Federation of Journalists and the Network of Women in Media, India, supported by Norsk Journalistlag.