AFJC Calls On Taliban To Allow Citizens To Freely Access Media Without Restrictions

The Afghanistan Journalists Centre (AFJC) has strongly condemned the Taliban’s crackdown on Afghanistan International and called on the group to immediately and permanently stop jamming the satellite frequency of the media outlet.

AFJC expressed grave concern over the incident and urged the Taliban to allow the country's citizens to access the media freely and without restrictions.

A statement by Afghanistan International TV recently said that since September 5, 2024, the Taliban government has clearly violated the free flow of information and freedom of the press by jamming Afghanistan International's satellite frequencies.

Earlier too, the Taliban government tightened restrictions on Afghanistan International and the Taliban's Ministry of Information and Culture had accused the media outlet of "violating the privacy of citizens and legal persons, character assassination, distortion of information, and promoting ethnic, linguistic, and regional prejudices”. The group banned any kind of cooperation with this media outlet.

AFJC stressed that the continued restrictions on the Afghanistan International Network and the disruption of the audience's access to the programmes of this media outlet inside the country is a violation of the country's mass media law.