Washington: More than 6,400 journalists in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban State Takeover, according to the recent survey.
Surveys conducted by non-profit organizational journalists without Borders (RSF) and the Association of Independent Afghanistan (AIJA) showed radical changes in the Afghan media landscape since the Taliban took power.
A total of 231 media outlets must be closed.
The impact of Taliban’s takeover on Afghan media has been dramatic, according to a survey by RSF and its local partners, AII.
More than four of every ten media outlets have disappeared and 60 percent of media journalists and employees can no longer work.
The hardest hit among all female journalists as 80 percent of them have lost their jobs because the Taliban controls Kabul.
“Of the 543 media outlets were calculated in Afghanistan at the start of the summer, only 312 were still operating at the end of November.
This means that 43% of Afghan media outlets disappear within three months,” RSF said in A revelation.
Only four months ago, most of the Afghan province had at least ten private media outlets but now some areas almost did not have local media at all.
“There used to be 10 media outlets in the Mountain Province of Parwan, but now only three are functioning.
In the western city of Herat (the third largest in the country) and surrounding provinces, only 18 out of 51 media outlets that are still operating – 65 percent fall,” RSF said .
“Central Kabul area, which has more media elsewhere, has not been spared from massacres.
It has lost more than one of every two media outlets (51%).
From 148 it was calculated before August 15, only 72 were still operating,” Add it.
The Taliban has promised women’s rights, media freedom, and amnesty for government officials at the group’s first press conference after takeover in August.
However, activists, former government employees, and journalists, among others, continued to face retaliation.
Reports have emerged from Afghanistan from the crackdown which increased by the Taliban in journalists.
Reporter which includes protests and demonstrations has been harassed by Taliban fighters.