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Taliban form 11 new rules to curb Afghan media content

n a move to supress media freedom in Afghanistan, the Taliban have introduced‘11 rules’against news organisations. The decision was taken to put an proscription on publishing content that's in conflict with Islam or affronting to public personalities. The New York Times in a report mentioned that the Taliban have also asked the intelligencers to write or feature news particulars in collaboration with government media services. Steven Butler, a elderly member of an US- grounded press freedom organisation said" Intelligencers are just alarmed."He added,"The association had been entering hundreds of emails from (Afghan) intelligencers asking for help," said the New York Times report. The report mentioned that ever since the collapse of the Afghan government, over 150 media outlets in Afghani...