5 April 2026 Radio Mashaal, the Pashto-language media broadcaster of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty within Pakistan, has stopped operations. The station was launched in 2010 with the aim of providing...
15 February 2026 On World Radio Day, a new private station called Radio Adei launched in Kabul. It broadcasts 19 hours daily on FM in Kabul and provides...
14 December 2025 Privately-owned Radio Mahal in Afghanistan’s Logar province has launched an education programme called “Voice of School” for students. In a meeting organized by the station,...
12 November 2025 Afghanistan has launched its first radio station dedicated exclusively to women in Herat, the capital of the country’s western province, with an entirely female team,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
15 December 2024 According to a report by Bakhtar News Agency Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Art at the Ministry of Information and Culture, Mawlawi Atiqullah Azizi,...
6 November 2024 Radio Ghargasht, a local station in the southeastern province of Khost, Afghanistan, resumed operations on Saturday following a three-day ban imposed by the...
22 October 2024 The Taliban is reportedly planning to convert state television stations into radio outlets following its ban on broadcasting images of living beings, according to a...
6 October 2024 Taliban have arrested Hikmat Aryan, the director of Radio Khushhal, a private radio station in Ghazni, according to the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC). Radio Khushhal...
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...
8 August 2024 Taliban intelligence agency has detained Mohammad Ibrahim Mohtaj, a broadcast manager and presenter with the independent Millat Zhag radio station in the southern city of Kandahar. Millat...
25 July 2024 The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) has released its findings on media freedom violations in Afghanistan for the first six months of 2024, reporting that seven...
10 July 2024 The Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) has shut down the private radio station Kawoon Ghag, which has been operating in the in eastern Laghman...
29 April 2024 According to reports by Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), three radio journalists were arrested by the provincial directorate of the...
21 April 2024 According to a report by the Afghanistan Journalist Center (AFJC), Habib-ur-Rahman Taseer, a local journalist associated with Radio Azadi/Radio Free Europe in southeastern Ghazni province...
7 April 2024 The Taliban launched three radio stations - “Shariat Voice,” “Omid Voice,” and “Horiat Voice,” in Herat province last week, according to a spokesperson for the...
17 March 2024 According to local sources, two private radio stations – Shamla and Dehkada, were temporarily closed by the Taliban municipality on March 10 in Ghazni province...
11 March 2024 On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, UNESCO’s Partner Radio Begum in Afghanistan completed three years. The station was launched in 2021...
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...
5 March 2024 According to an update by the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), the Taliban has allowed Radio Nasim to resume broadcasting in Daikundi province after a five-month...
19 January 2024 According to the Afghanistan Journalists Centre (AFJC), private radio station Nan in southeastern Khost province has been abruptly shut down today by local Taliban officials...
17 January 2024 A new private radio station called Aynak Radio has started broadcasting in Pul-e-Alam, Logar province, Afghanistan, after a two-month trial period. The station was inaugurated...
17 December 2023 The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) announced that Sultan Ali Jawadi, the director of Radio Nasim in central Daikundi province, has been sentenced to one year...
1 October 2023 The Taliban forced Nasim Radio, a local radio station in Daikundi province in central Afghanistan, to shut down on Wednesday, September 27. They also arrested...
18 July 2023 According to a report by Tolo News, Radio Nehad and Paikan TV, both in Balkh province, have stopped broadcasting due to economic challenges and existing...
