Afghanistan: New private radio station opens in Kandahar

31 August 2025 A new private radio station named Cheragh has commenced broadcasting in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. The station, which operates on 90.9 FM, also reaches remote districts...

Afghanistan: Radio Nasim shuts down after 13 years

10 August 2025 Following the arrest and release of the station’s editor-in-chief and two journalists by the Taliban, Afghanistan's Radio Nasim, which broadcasts in Daikundi and Bamyan provinces...

Afghanistan: Radio Khoshhal director sentenced to three months in prison

4 June 2025 A Taliban court has sentenced Solaiman Rahel, the editor-in-chief of Radio Khoshhal in Ghazni province, to three months in prison, according to the Afghanistan Journalists...

Taliban arrest director of Radio Khushal

12 May 2025 According to Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), Suleiman Rahel, the current managing director of Radio Khushal in Ghazni, has been arrested by Taliban intelligence agency of...

Taliban allows Afghanistan’s only women-run station to resume broadcasts

26 February 2025 Radio Begum – Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station will resume broadcasts after the Taliban lifted their suspension over alleged cooperation with an overseas TV channel. Radio...

Taliban shuts down women-run Radio Begum, arrests two employees

9 February 2025 Afghanistan's Taliban authorities raided and suspended the country’s only women’s radio station - Radio Begum, last week. According to the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), on...

Taliban suspends licenses of 10 radio networks

11 August 2024 The Afghan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) suspended 17 broadcast licenses for 14 media outlets on July 22 in eastern Nangarhar province due to non-payment of...

Taliban bans women from calling up radio stations in Khost province

5 March 2024 The Taliban have banned girls from making phone calls to radio stations and television channels in Southeast Khost Province. According to AFJC, an official letter...

Taliban shuts Afghanistan’s only women-run station

7 April 2023 Afghanistan's only women-run radio station - Sadai Banowan, has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, according to a Taliban...

Afghan journalist injured in targeted car bomb attack

25 November 2021 An Afghan journalist barely survived a car bomb attack on his car this week in Kabul. The journalist, who we will call Journo to conceal...