they are in favour of a free, independent press, but they have also talked about reporting being in the national interest, and not being against the spirit of islam, those kind of caveats are certainly things that worry journalist. kind of caveats are certainly things that worryjournalist. they kind of caveats are certainly things that worry journalist. they fear that worry journalist. they fear that if they say something critical of the taliban there could be repercussions. so getting access to information is much more difficult thanit information is much more difficult than it was. but people are still talking to us, when they can, even if it is not in the same way as before. . ~ if it is not in the same way as before. ., ~ , ., if it is not in the same way as before. ., ,, i. ,, . ., , before. thank you secunder, in kabul for us. let s get more from our political correspondent damian grammaticas. borisjohnson boris johnson and other leaders, borisjohnson and other leaders, the lead
at the moment, it is difficult. a lot ofjournalists have fled the country in fear of their lives. we have seen attacks not claimed by the taliban but blamed on them, on journalists earlier this year and last year so, manyjournalists have left afg ha nista n, reluctantly, of course, because they felt it was their duty to report on here, but theyjust felt the situation was too dangerous, too uncertain, for them to stay on, so we are losing access to information. we know the taliban have claimed they are in favour of a free, independent press, but they have also talked about reporting being in the national interest, and not being against the spirit of islam, those kind of caveats are certainly things that worryjournalists here. they fear that if they say something critical of the taliban there could be repercussions. so getting access to information is much more difficult than it was.
mosques if necessary. critics say this plan sounds like mccarthyism to them. here is how prime minister david cameron explained to it his people. they don t suddenly decide to become a terrorist. it goes through a process. a comprehensive strategy to defeat extremism starts at the beginning. martha: mike baker is a former covert operations officer. he goes on to say islamic extremists jeff dies all that we have built together. our successful multi racial, multi faith democracy. while they no way represent the spirit of islam, they justify their views through islamic