The Afghanistan Journalists Center has urged the interim government to reconsider its decision to prohibit journalists from photographing and filming in Takhar province.
In a statement, the center expressed that this government decision will have detrimental effects on the media’s operations and the public’s access to information.
The statement reads: “The Afghanistan Journalists Center, expressing deep concern over the implementation of this directive, calls on the leadership of the current government to reconsider this regressive plan, which has serious consequences for the media’s work and the public’s access to information.”
It further states that the current government’s ban on photography and filming was enacted following the ratification of the group’s law on promoting virtue and preventing vice, which prohibits the recording of “live images.”
This decision was made on the 4th of Mehr by Habibullah Hanifi, the head of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Takhar province, who has barred journalists from recording reports and interviews.
Additionally, previously, the national television under the current government’s management in Kandahar was shut down for broadcasting live images.
It is noteworthy that following the interim government’s takeover of Afghanistan, the state has imposed strict restrictions on media and journalists in the country.
