Afghan Journalists Center: Afghanistan's media environment is severely suppressed in 2025

Ahmad Shaker Sun Dec 2025 8 months ago 741

This organization stated in a fresh report today (Saturday, 6 Jadi) that these figures include the killing of two journalists, the wounding of three others, 166 cases of threats, and 34 cases of the arrest of journalists. According to this center, five journalists are currently still being held in Taliban prisons.


The Afghanistan Journalists Center has emphasized that, aside from cases in which journalists were killed or wounded in attacks attributed to Pakistan, the primary perpetrators in all other incidents have been officials and entities affiliated with the Taliban. Based on this report, the level of violence and violations of media freedom by the Taliban has increased by 13 percent compared to the previous year.


The report states that Afghanistan's media landscape in 2025 has been under severe control and suppression, with independent media outlets and journalists facing extensive and unprecedented restrictions.


This center has added that over the past 12 months, the escalating pressures from the Taliban have led to intensified censorship and a media chokehold.


The Afghanistan Journalists Center has cited examples of this situation as the publication of forced confessions from imprisoned journalists, the prohibition of female journalists from attending press conferences of senior Taliban officials, and the censorship of female journalists' voices in live news programs, describing these actions as exemplifying a policy of fear, suffocation, and severe gender discrimination.


According to this journalists' advocacy organization, the expansion of the ban on publishing images of living beings to 23 provinces this solar year has been one of the most serious threats against media outlets, and the strict enforcement of this directive has resulted in the closure of at least 20 television networks. In addition, this year, two television networks and two radio stations have also suspended their operations for political and security reasons, while other media outlets remain at risk of closure.


The Afghanistan Journalists Center has further stated that, while restricting independent media, the Taliban have turned state media into their propaganda tools and, by establishing complex structures, are seeking to impose a one-sided narrative and a single voice across the country.


This center has warned that the continuation of this situation has raised serious concerns about the violation of journalists' fundamental rights, the restriction of basic freedoms, and the future of freedom of expression and media development in Afghanistan, posing grave threats to the prospect of free media in the country.

The Afghanistan Journalists Center has announced that during the year 2025 AD, at least 205 cases of violence and restrictions against media outlets and journalists in Afghanistan have been recorded.

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