Taliban, Afghan media
Taliban begins enforcing rule banning 'images of living beings' in Afghan media
The Taliban is preventing certain outlets from airing images of human beings or animals, according to officials. The rule pertains to certain provinces at the time being.
Taliban-run media stops showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces
A Taliban official says official media have stopped showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces to comply with morality laws.
Taliban Bans Broadcast of Images of Living Beings
The move to ban images of living beings follows the introduction of strict guidelines by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
Why has the Taliban banned pictures of living things?
State media outlets in the provinces of Kandahar, Takhar and Maidan Wardak have been advised "not to air or show images of anything with a soul – meaning people and animals", said Arab News, months after warnings that the Taliban's severe morality rules were creating a climate of fear.
Afghan journalists fear country going dark as Taliban bans images of ‘living things’
Extreme restrictions on media workers mean life in Afghanistan – including human rights abuses – will go undocumented, journalists say
Taliban bans all images of living things
Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry pledged on Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced.
Afghanistan: Taliban Bans Media From Publishing Images Of ‘All Living Beings’
The morality ministry of Afghanistan under the Taliban has introduced a new law that bans media outlets from publishing images of all living beings and contradicts Islamic law. Afghanistan's Taliban government on Monday announced another controversial law that imposes bans on news organizations from publishing images of all living beings.
Taliban bans all images of living things in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) announced it was forbidding images of any living thing, as reported in The Telegraph. Saiful Islam Khyber of the PVPV said,
TV Channels Stop Showing Images Of Living Things In Afghan Province
At least two TV channels run by the Taliban in a northern Afghan province have stopped showing images of living beings during their broadcasts. The government has implemented a law banning the media from using pictures and videos of things and souls,
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How a TV channel in Afghanistan operates freely despite Taliban restrictions
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Taliban offers condolences over martyrdom of Yahya Sinwar
The interim Taliban government in Afghanistan has expressed sorrow over the martyrdom of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.