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Imran Khan facing "mental torture" in jail, claims sister Uzma Khanum
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Uzma Khanum met her brother Imran Khan in Adiala Jail after days of uncertainty and claimed he is facing "severe mental torture." She alleged he appears weak and isolated, prompting PTI to demand medical access and transparency, while the government has not responded.
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Panel of journalists calls on Taliban to lift Facebook ban in Afghanistan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amid the recently surfaced reports of restriction of Facebook in Afghanistan, the 'Committee to Protect Journalists' based in the United States called on the Taliban government to reverse this decision, according to Khaama Press.
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Women in Afghanistan call on Taliban for full rights on International Wome
Updated : 2 years ago IST
On the occasion of International Women's Day, women in Afghanistan have called on the Taliban to "ensure their rights" fully, according to TOLOnews.
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Taliban continues to suppress human rights, particularly those of women, i
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Taliban, under its rule in Afghanistan continues to suppress the basic human rights, particularly the rights of women, as the females in the country remain deprived of education, employment and a lot more.
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UNESCO declares 2023 deadliest year for journalists in war-torn nations, i
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In its yearly evaluation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has determined that 2023 was the deadliest year for journalists covering war-torn nations, TOLOnews reported.
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52 per cent of visual media outlets ceased operations in Afghanistan since
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, press freedom in the country has taken a backseat, with several restrictions put into place for journalists. The Media Support for Afghanistan's Free Media (NAI) announced on Tuesday, coinciding with World Television Day, hig
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Violence against journalists in Afghanistan increasing, says media body
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The plight of journalists in Afghanistan is deteriorating with every passing day as the violence against the community has increased manifold in the nation under Taliban rule.
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Afghanistan: One killed, eight injured in blast in Mazar-i-Sharif
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Speaking to VOA, a local police spokesman, Mohammad Asif Waziri said that the blast had targeted a ceremony honouring the Afghan media in the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Free and independent media under Taliban is a distant dream: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghan media is struggling to survive under Taliban as numerous radio and TV stations, as well as news agencies, have closed and as per estimates more than 6,000 journalists have lost their jobs, Afghan-based news agency Khaama Press reported.
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Pak denies Afghan media claim that it carried air strikes against TTP
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has denied an Afghan media report that alleged that Pakistan forces conducted air strikes on the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leaders in Afghanistan's Nangahar province.
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Taliban's decision on Afghan media outlets operating from abroad to be ann
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taliban's Ministry of Information and Culture said the court's ruling addressing the actions of some media outlets will be made public on Sunday, TOLOnews reported on Friday. According to the ministry's press office, the issue involves print and digital periodicals that operate abroad and cr
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Taliban to charge Afghan media outlets operating from abroad
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Blaming the Afghan media organizations for spreading propaganda, the director of Taliban's ministry of information and culture said that the Taliban courts would, in near future prosecute the media outlets operating from abroad, TOLOnews reported.
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