Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said Thursday
Afghanistan’s most popular private television network has voluntarily replaced its risque Turkish soap operas and music shows with tamer programs tailored to the country’s new Taliban rulers
KABUL, August 22: The Taliban said on Saturday that they are setting up a committee that will deal with the media.
The trilateral committee will include a Taliban representative from the culture commission, a deputy head of the association on media protection and an officer from the Kabul police, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. The deputy general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, Jeremy Dear, said on Friday that media workers are going through an "incredibly challenging time" after the Taliban had seized power in Afghanistan.
Journalists are receiving threats, and female reporters are being prevented from working, he added. Many media outlets have been closed.
KABUL, Aug 14 :The Afghan Taliban said their members overran three more provincial capitals on Friday, after they have taken control over a dozen cities within a week.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, wrote on his social media account that they captured Tirin Kot, capital of southern Uruzgan province, and Firoz Koah, capital of western Ghor province.
He also said most parts of Pul-e-Alam, capital of eastern Logar province, have fallen to the Taliban, adding that clashes continued at an intelligence agency office and two army bases at midday on Friday.
Pul-e-Alam, about 60 km south of Afghanistan's capital Kabul, has been the scene of heavy clashes since early Friday when the Taliban stormed the city from different locations.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan's defense ministry said in a statement earlier Friday that at least 21 Taliban members were killed following an airstrike on the outskirts of provincial capital Pul-e-Alam.
A militants' vehicle, weapons and ammunition were destroyed by the raid, which was carried out by the Afghan Air Force, according to the defense ministry statement.
No fighting was reported in two other seized provincial centers, according to media reports.
The Afghan government has not confirmed the claim by the Taliban so far.
In western Herat province, the Taliban said that Ismahil Khan, a former anti-Soviet jihadi leader, together with provincial officials, military commanders and hundreds of soldiers surrendered to the Taliban members.
The Taliban members captured Herat city late on Thursday.
Earlier in August, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expressed deep concerns about the safety of civilians in several provincial capitals for fear that tens of thousands were trapped by fighting.
KABUL, August 13: Taliban militants on Friday claimed to have taken control over key southern Afghan cities of Lashkar Gah and Kandahar, after weeks of heavy clashes between the Taliban and government forces.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on his social media account that they overran government offices, including provincial police headquarters, in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, on Thursday night. Helmand has been regarded as a Taliban stronghold during the past two decades, but Afghan soldiers were holding control over Lashkar Gah and many of the suburban districts.
He also claimed that the militants seized all parts of Kandahar city, capital of neighboring Kandahar province. Footages went viral on social media showed that Taliban fighters were patrolling in the city early Friday.
On Thursday night, Taliban declared that they captured Herat and Qala-e-Naw cities in western part of the country while unconfirmed reports said western city of Firoz Koah also has fallen to the Taliban.
The Afghan government has not confirmed the claim by the Taliban so far.
Fighting has intensified since May in Afghanistan and Taliban militants have recently been mounting pressure on major cities.
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