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 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 releases Director of Voice of Badghis Radio after a month in custody

8 December 2024 The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) reports that Abdul Razzaq Seddiqi, the director of Radio Seday-e-Badghis (Voice of Badghis), has been released from Taliban custody after...

Taliban arrest director of Radio Khushhal

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...

Afghanistan: Radio journalist detained by Taliban in Kandahar

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...

Taliban have shut down seven media outlets this year: AFJC

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...

Taliban arrest 3 radio journalists for playing music, talking to female callers

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...

Afghanistan: Taliban temporarily shut down two private stations in Ghazni

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...

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...

Afghanistan: Taliban allows Radio Nasim to resume broadcasting after five months

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...

Afghanistan: Private radio station forced to close in Khost

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...

Afghanistan: Radio Nasim director sentenced to one year in prison

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...

Afghanistan: Taliban forces radio station to shut down, detains staff

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...

Afghanistan: Radio Nehad shuts down

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...