Can Afghanistan’s Leading Broadcaster Survive the Taliban? – The New York Times

Can Afghanistan’s Leading Broadcaster Survive the Taliban? (Published 2021)

Tolo came to prominence with hard-hitting news, raucous reality shows and lurid Turkish soap operas. Now there are ominous signs that a violent media clampdown is underway.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/world/asia/afghanistan-tolo-taliban.html

But journalists and human rights advocates say there are ominous signs that a violent media clampdown is underway. Taliban fighters hunted a journalist from Deutsche Welle, the German broadcaster, who had already left the country, shooting dead a member of his family and seriously injuring another, according to the broadcaster.