KABUL: The Authority of the Afghan Taliban on Sunday issued a new “religious guideline” that called for the country’s television channel to stop showing drama and soap opera featuring female actors.
In the first direction to the Afghan media issued by the ministry for the promotion of virtues and prevention of representatives, the Taliban also asked female television journalists to wear Islamic headscarves while presenting their report.
The ministry also asked the channel not to display movies or programs where the Prophet Muhammad or respected figures were shown.
Called to prohibit films or programs that oppose Islamic and Afghan values.
“This is not a rule but a religious guideline,” said a spokesman for the Mohajir Hakiper told AFP.
This new direction is widely circulating on Sundays on social media networks.
Even though it insists they will rule more this time, the Taliban has introduced a rule for what women can use at the University, and beaten and harass several Afghan journalists despite promising press freedom.
The Taliban guidelines for the TV network came after two decades of explosive growth for independent Afghan media under the west-supported government that ruled the country until August 15, when Islamists gained power.
Dozens of television channels and radio stations were established with Western assistance and private investment as soon as the Taliban was dropped in 2001.
For the past 20 years, Afghanistan television channels offer various programs – from the singing competition “American Idol” for music videos, along with several soap operas Turkey and India.
When Islamists previously ruled from 1996 to 2001, there was no Afghan media to talk about – they forbade television, films and most forms of other entertainment, consider it immoral.
People were caught watching television-faced sentences, including having their reshuffle.
The ownership of the video player can cause public whip.
There is only one radio station, Sharia sound, which broadcasts Islamic propaganda and programming.