Sources: Fiber-optic internet partially restored in Balkh
The shutdown has since expanded, with fiber-optic internet now blocked in 16 provinces.
The shutdown has since expanded, with fiber-optic internet now blocked in 16 provinces.
Etimad was taken into custody around 10 a.m. in the city’s Faisal Town area, according to his relatives.
Sources said Taliban have ordered all visual media outlets in the province to switch to audio-only programming.
Balkh National Television is now airing only audio alongside a static image, the sources said.
The Taliban’s vice and virtue director announced the ban in a two-hour meeting with a group of YouTubers and performer.
Sources said reporters were specifically instructed not to cover accounts from residents who said they lacked food, shelter and medical.
“We wanted to kill the media workers, but they escaped,” Mokhles said, adding, "They were not jouranlists."
Faramarz graduated from Afghan-Turk High School in 2009 and later completed his higher education in Kazakhstan.
Friends and relatives said Zaheri had been suffering from a chronic illness.
The station operates on 90.9 FM and is managed by Mohib Mushtaq.