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153 Afghan media channels shut down after Taliban takeover

Around 153 Afghan media channels have stopped operating in 20 provinces after the Taliban takeover last month, a media report said. The TOLO...


Around 153 Afghan media channels have stopped operating in 20 provinces after the Taliban takeover last month, a media report said.

The TOLO News' Monday report said these outlets include radio, print and TV channels, and their closure was mainly due to economic problems and restrictions.

“If the organisations supporting media don't pay attention to the outlets, we will witness the closing of the remaining ones in the country,” TOLO News quoted Hujatullah Mujadadi, deputy head of the Afghanistan Federation of Journalists, as saying.

Masroor Lutfi, representing the Afghanistan National Journalists’ Union, has “urged the international organisations to take immediate action to address this problem. Otherwise, soon it will be the end of press freedom and other human and civil liberties”.

The Paktika-based Milma Radio is one such outlet that has stopped its activities. It was set up in 2011 and covered political, cultural, economic and sports stories.

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