The Afghan Journalists Center condemns the suspension of Noor and Bareya TV channels by the Taliban.
The Afghan Journalists Center has described and condemned the suspension of Noor and Bareya TV channels by the Taliban as against media laws and as a move to further restrict the activities of free media.
The Afghan Journalists Center has called on the Taliban government to revoke the suspension of these TV networks.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture announced yesterday that it has decided to halt the broadcasting of Noor and Bareya TV networks in Kabul until a court order is issued.
Noor TV is close to Salahuddin Rabbani, the leader of one of the branches of the Islamic Society, and Bareya TV is affiliated with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Islamic Party, whom the Taliban recently expelled from his residence.
The state news agency Bakhtar reported that this decision was made in a meeting of the Media Violations Evaluation Commission in this ministry.
In the statement from this commission, it is said that those who hold the licenses for these TV networks are continuously undermining the Taliban regime.
The Afghan Journalists Center has written that what the commission has listed as violations by these two media outlets is, in fact, part of the legal rights of the media.