Hamisha Bahar News Today

Radio Nasims manager and two reporters, who had previously been arrested by the Taliban in late September, were once again detained on October 7 by the Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence in Daikundi Province. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU), condemn the journalists’ detention and call for the immediate release of all media workers still in custody.

Nine journalists have been arbitrarily arrested by Taliban security forces in the past ten days in Afghanistan in a crackdown without precedent this year. As the Taliban are celebrating the second anniversary of their takeover, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the unconditional release of all the journalists they are holding.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a new report titled “Afghan journalism still resisting after two years of Taliban persecution” said that more than 80% of Afghanistan’s women journalists

Members of the Taliban forcibly closed a privately-owned station in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province after it held a mixed-gender journalism training course. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the closure of the outlet and calls on the Taliban to cease its gendered harassment and censorship of Afghanistan’s media.

Kabul-based press freedom watchdog AIJU releases latest figures to mark World Radio Day

The Taliban rule and the flagging economy have seemingly put a dampener on celebrations this year.