New media guidelines released by the Taliban this week ban television shows from featuring female actors and require women journalists to wear the Islamic hijab.
this week ban television shows from featuring female actors and require women journalists to wear the Islamic hijab. that the edicts are not hard-and-fast rules per se, but merely guidelines to be kept in mind during transmissions. The"guidelines" were laid out on Sunday by Afghanistan’s Ministry for the Prevention of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The edicts targeting women were among nine in total aimed at reigning in what the militant Islamic group deems immoral.
Taliban soldiers stand guard in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Other guidelines ban films or TV shows that are against Islam or Afghan values such as depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Another guideline deems depiction of male bodies, such as an unclothed torso, inappropriate,
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