Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, the Afghan media has been facing difficulties and providing information has become a difficult phase for the journalist community.
Journalism has become a joke on Afghan soil and journalism has become a challenge in Afghanistan.
The United Nations says that journalistic requirements are being violated by the Afghan government.
According to the BBC, several journalists who spoke against the brutality of the Afghan government have been arrested. CBC News also reported that two foreign journalists working under the UNHCR were killed by the Taliban. He was detained by the government.
According to the United Nations, journalists are being threatened if they publish material critical of the Taliban leadership.
According to the report, out of more than 90 newspapers published in Afghanistan before August 2021, only 11 are active.
According to Tolo News, after the Taliban came to power, more than 270 media organizations suspended their work.
The BBC was also ordered not to air its programming, in 2023, Pakistani journalist Anas Malik was kidnapped and severely tortured by the Afghan Taliban.
According to the United Nations, a total ban has been imposed on women journalists since April 2023. In the year 2023, 108 cases of violence against journalists and their detention were recorded in Afghanistan. In 2023, UNESCO published a report on the deaths of several journalists in Afghanistan.
According to Tolo News, more than 50 percent of media channels in Afghanistan were closed.
According to the report, the number of TV channels and radio stations has decreased by more than fifty percent, while the total number of media workers has decreased by more than half, with only 15 percent of a quarter of female journalists remaining.
International organizations should take notice of the exploitation of mass media in Afghanistan.
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2024-04-24 02:37:34