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The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to \u201cconsider national and Islamic values,\u201d VOA reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the source, an official from the Information Ministry\u2019s Media Violations Commission, Hafizullah Barakzai, said a court will investigate files on the two Kabul-based stations. Consequently, Noor TV and Barya TV cannot operate until the court gives its verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free media advocates Wednesday criticized the overnight suspension, calling it a violation of Afghanistan\u2019s media-governing laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Afghanistan Journalists Center or AFJC, an independent media watchdog, said in a statement that the suspensions were \u201cagainst the country\u2019s public media law\u201d and marked another step toward stifling free media in the Taliban-ruled country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to \u201cconsider national and Islamic values,\u201d VOA reported yesterday. According to the source, an official from the Information Ministry\u2019s Media Violations Commission, Hafizullah Barakzai, said a court will investigate files on the two Kabul-based stations. Consequently, Noor TV and Barya …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":103778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[7637],"class_list":["post-103777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-taliban-crackdown-on-media"],"yoast_head":"\n