Tag: Taliban takeover

Kabul:  At least 318 media outlets in Afghanistan have closed since the Taliban took over the country in August last year, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said. In a report released this week, the IFJ expressed concerns over the status of Afghan media community, reports TOLO News. "The crisis has hit newspapers the hardest with just 20 out of 114 continuing to publish," the report read. "Fifty-one TV stations, 132 radio stations and 49 online media outlets have ceased operations." Based on the report, only 2,334 journalists are still employed "from a...