KABUL (Pajhwok): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to stop cracking down on media workers in the country.
“Two years after the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan’s once vibrant free press is a ghost of its former self,” Beh Lih Yi, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator, said on Monday.
“Worsening media repression is isolating Afghanistan from the rest of the world, at a time when the country is grappling with one of the world’s largest humanitarian emergencies.
“Access to reliable and trustworthy information can help save lives and livelihoods in a crisis . . .
