Kabul [Afghanistan]: The Taliban on Thursday banned the FM radio broadcasts streaming from Voice of America (VOA) and also Radio Free Europe/Radio Freedom (RFE/RL) Afghanistan stations, saying that they are stopped because of non-compliance with journalistic principles and prejudiced broadcasts.
Taking to Twitter, Abdul Haq Hammad, who supervises broadcasting for the Ministry of Information as well as Culture of the incumbent Afghan administration, said, “Radio Azadi (RL), which began relaying after the American line of work, was stopped as a result of non-compliance with journalistic principles and discriminatory programs,” media reported.
According to a tweet from Hammad, the Radio Azadi broadcasts have actually been banned in 13 Afghan districts.
Meanwhile, VOA also reported that a new instruction from the Covering Ministry of Details as well as Society has placed a restriction on VOA’s broadcasts, effective from December 1.
The Voice of America television program, referred to as Ashna television, which had previously been transmitted on the Tolo Television, TOLONews, as well as Lamar television networks, was suspended on March 27 this year by the authorities in Afghanistan.
According to the VOA, the restriction came a day after the Taliban’s ministry of details and society said it had actually received problems about programs material but shared no specifics.
It is vague whether the ban will apply to other worldwide broadcasters that have actually made use of the same system for FM broadcasts in Afghanistan.
” Afghanistan has press regulations, as well as any network found repeatedly opposing these laws will certainly have their advantage of reporting from and also broadcasting within Afghanistan eliminated,” Abdul Qahar Balkhi, that looks the incumbent Covering management’s foreign department, stated in created comments to VOA.
” VOA and also Azadi Radio fell short to follow these legislations, were found as repeat offenders, failed to show professionalism and also were therefore closed down,” VOA quoted Balkhi as claiming.
Voice of America began broadcasting radio programs in Dari and also Pashto in Afghanistan in October 1980 and July 1982, respectively. Radio Azadi formally began transmitting in Afghanistan in 2002.
There were 547 media electrical outlets in Afghanistan during the previous administration, according to Reporters Without Borders, however 219 print, aural, and aesthetic media were closed down after the present management thought power, according to media.
Because taking over in 2015, the federal government has placed a variety of restrictions on the media and also reporters in Afghanistan, consisting of mandating women presenters t cover their faces while on air.
Free press organizations have pounded them with pervasive media censorship and muzzling, bothering press reporters, and denying women media workers of the right to work, media reported.
