Kabul: Newspapers in Afghanistan have stopped printing and being online due to the financial crisis and lack of information under the Taliban.
The Afghan National Journalists on Wednesday reported that because of the financial crisis, around 150 print media outlets in Afghanistan had stopped printing newspapers and magazines since the fall of former government, reported Tolo news.
The supervisory organization recently said Afghan media outlets ran out of funds and faced lack of information under the Taliban.
Many Afghan outlets continue the issuance of online news, while some have closed completely.
Ahmad Shoaib Fana, Chief Executive National Journalists Union, said, “Print media has stopped in the country.
If the situation takes place like this, we will face a social crisis.” Ali Haqmal, a journalist who worked for 8 Sobh newspapers, reported that the outlet is now published online.
He said, “We made an effort to do whatever expected people.
We focus on online reporting, and we are still trying to get information to people.” Ashaq Ali Ehs, Deputy Head of the Sobh newspaper, said, “Every day 15,000 papers are being published and distributed in Kabul and several provinces.
The process is disturbed because of the problems in the printing and distribution of newspapers after the fall.” Arman Mili newspaper is another famous newspaper Who has stopped operating, reporting Tolo news.
Sayed Shoaib Parsa, founder of the newspaper, said, “We have 22 employees here.
All lose their jobs.
We are waiting for the situation to be normalized so we can restart the publication.” In addition, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expressed concern for the safety of journalists in Afghanistan and slamming the Taliban to suppress media freedom in the country.
Because the Taliban rules are compacted in the country, at least 153 media outlets must turn off the increase in threats to journalists, and female media employees have been banned working at all, according to the Federation.
“The situation in Afghanistan is getting terrible for all media workers, with many journalists displaced because of the Taliban offensive, hiding and without work.
Ifj stands in solidarity with Afghan colleagues and calls the Taliban to respect the freedom of media and journalist rights,” Ifj said in A statement.
Contrary to the promises made by the Taliban respect the human values, the group continues to violate the basic human rights of the media personnel because they are harassed, tortured, and killed in the country.
Fear journalists; Feeling desperate as the spirit of journalism that they built in the last two decades was only now, reported Al Arabiya’s pole.
Previously, a group of 150 Afghan journalists also urged the United Nations and the international community to protect them from threats issued by the Taliban.