Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Afghan journalists fear country going dark as Taliban bans images of ‘living things’

Extreme restrictions on media workers mean life in Afghanistan – including human rights abuses – will go undocumented, journalists say.

The Taliban’s ban on images and videos of “living things” will make it harder to cover Afghanistan, journalists in the country said.

The Afghan ministry for vice and virtue has directed media platforms in Maidan Wardak, Kandahar and Takhar provinces to not show images of “living things with a soul”, taken as meaning people and animals. READ MORE from The Independent

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