KABUL media and urged the unity government and US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to do whatever was necessary to protect journalists.
In a statement issued by the Taliban’s Military Commission on 23 June, the Taliban accused the media of “disseminating statements and sometimes advertising that speak badly of Jihad and the Taliban, turning the population against them.”
The rebels set a week-long deadline for the media “to change their attitude and stop being hostile towards the . . .









