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The report indicates that over half of Afghanistan's 600 active media outlets have ceased operations and hundreds of journalists and media workers have left the country since the Taliban took power.

Zabihullah Noori, a journalist for 'Takharistan Radio', was arrested by authorities on 9 December "on charges of being a journalist".

According to a Reporters Without Borders (RSF) survey, in the year since the Taliban took power on 15 August 2021, Afghanistan has lost 39.59% of its media outlets and 59.86% of its journalists, especially women journalists, three quarters of whom are now unemployed and no longer exist in 11 provinces. All this has happened amid a deep economic crisis and crackdown on press freedom.

Humaira Qaderi, an Afghan refugee, says her day begins with her mothers tears and horrific news from home. “Mentally, I am still in Afghanistan."

At least 12 journalists were arrested in Afghanistan in May although the Taliban announced the creation of a system for protecting media personnel. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns these arbitrary arrests and urges the Taliban government to keep its promises to protect journalists and comply with the press law.

Poet and reporter Khalid Qaderi is accused of posting content critical of the Taliban, 'espionage'

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned an Afghan journalists trial by a military court last weekend, as well as recent arbitrary and illegal arrests of other journalists in Afghanistan.

A court in Afghanistan has sentenced a journalist to one year in prison on charges that free press advocates say included criticism of the Taliban government in his social media posts and "espionage." A Taliban spokesman said he was sentenced for “criminal misconduct.” Khalid Qaderi, a poet and reporter with Radio Nowruz in the western…

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an Afghan journalist’s trial by a military court last weekend, as well as recent arbitrary and illegal arrests of other journalists in Afghanistan. The Taliban government has not kept its promise to apply the country’s press law, under which journalists are guaranteed the freedom to work, RSF says.