Taliban extend ban on broadcasting images of living beings to Balkh
Balkh National Television is now airing only audio alongside a static image, the sources said.
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.
The survey has found that only 11 provinces, including Kabul, Balkh and Herat, still permit television stations to broadcast such.
Taliban said Nazari was arrested on July 23 on charges of “collaborating with Afghan media abroad.”
In a statement posted on its Facebook page, the outlet said it had decided to end programming in the two.