Taliban Imposed Ban on Women’s Voice Broadcast in Logar, Say Journalists
Reporters in Logar province have said that the Taliban warned the media outlets in the province to not broadcast women’s voices or they will be punished.
Reporters in Logar province have said that the Taliban warned the media outlets in the province to not broadcast women’s voices or they will be punished.
Rafiullah Samim, the Taliban’s provincial director of information and culture, issued the warning to the local media outlets in Logar on Sunday during a meeting with journalists.
The meeting with journalists was attended by Rafiullah Samim, Hematullah Mohajer, the spokesperson of the group's provincial intelligence directorate, and Ikramullah spokesperson of the provincial directorate of promotion virtue and prevention of vice.
Media executives and journalists of Logar media outlets told Afghanistan International that these Taliban officials asked them to not broadcast women’s voices anymore.
According to our sources, when the media officials and journalists asked why women’s voices shouldn't be broadcast in Logar while it is being broadcast in Kabul, the Taliban officials argued that "the environment in Logar is different from Kabul".
Sources added that Taliban officials forced these media executives and journalists to sign a letter that if they continue to broadcast women’s voices, they will be severely punished.
However, the Taliban officials in Kabul and media support groups have not reacted to the Taliban’s latest restrictions on media in Logar province.
