Radio silence: Afghan stations are one more casualty of the Taliban
by Emma Graham-Harrison in Kandahar from World news | The Guardian on (#5SD7V)
Listeners have disappeared after militants restricted music, romantic serials, phone-ins, female journalists and news
The romantic serials have gone after the Taliban warned against racy content, the popular women's call-in shows were axed after the militants said they didn't want female journalists on air, and news investigations were cancelled after officials demanded oversight before anything was broadcast.
So perhaps unsurprisingly, most people who used to tune into Radio Sanga, once one of the most popular stations in southern Afghanistan, have turned off.
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