A day after the governor of Kandahar ordered a ban on photographing people, several journalists in the province reported that Taliban officials are now refusing to conduct video interviews.

Meanwhile, the Taliban has prohibited journalists from disseminating news regarding this matter.

On Sunday, February 18, Mullah Shirin, the Taliban's governor of Kandahar, issued an official letter instructing government department officials to refrain from capturing photographs and videos during their official and unofficial meetings.

Following this order, the Kandahar governor's office has stopped including photographs in its statements, opting to release only textual content.

A local reporter told Afghanistan International, “Today, while attempting to create a television report, we were denied permission to interview officials from various directorates.”

It seems like the Taliban wants to make the media in Afghanistan similar to how it was during their previous rule.