KABUL: After the fall of the Afghan Republic, 153 media outlets have stopped their activities in 20 provinces, local media reported quoting organizations that support free media in a problematic country.
According to officials in the organization, this outlet includes radio channels, print and TV and both economic problems and limitations reported the main reason for not being able to operate again, Tolo News reported on Tuesday.
Officials say that if the media financial crisis is not resolved and restrictions on them are not addressed, more outlets tend to stop operating in this country.
“If the organization that supports media does not pay attention to media outlets, we will soon witness the closure of the remaining outlets in this country,” Tolo News quoted Hujatullah Mujadadi, Deputy Head of the Afghan journalist Federation said.
“The continuation of this trend has created concern.
We urge international organizations to take immediate action to overcome this problem.
Otherwise, soon, will be the end of the freedom of the press and other human and civil freedom,” from Tolo New Lutfi, representatives of the National Journalists Union Afghanistan said.
Organizations that support free media in Afghanistan said that economic problems were serious, and operating under restrictions on creating major challenges for the media in Afghanistan.
However, the Taliban said it would try to create a safe environment for the media and journalists to continue their work.
Last week, the Taliban had held Taqi Daryabi and Namatullah Naqdi, video editor, and video reporter with the daily newspaper Etilatroz, following sustainable protest coverage in Kabul.
The two journalists were taken to the local police station, where they were separated in two rooms, insulted, and were whipped with cables, the committee to protect journalists (CPJ) reported Sources.
“Taqi Daryabi is the bottom, the upper leg, and face, and Naqdi’s left arm, upper back, upper leg, and face is marked by red lesions after beating, as seen in the photo posted to Twitter by Etilatroz and Zaki Daryabi and in Los The Angeles Times website.
Daryabi doesn’t seem to be able to walk without help, according to the video posted on Twitter by Zaki Daryabi, “ICJ said.
More than 150 Afghan media outlets stop operating in 20 provinces
