Thread by @AfgFactChecks

After 153 media stopped their operations under taliban restrictions and threats, @Etilaatroz as one of few remaining media seems to have stopped its operations as well. Five journalists of @Etilaatroz were tortured by taliban. Good news is that @ZDaryabi is safe & sound.

On September 8, five @Etilaatroz
Journalists covering Hazara women protests in western Kabul were arrested and tortured by taliban. One of those journalists (brother of Zaki Daryabi) was flighed this badly that he had be to sent to Hospital

Another employee of @Etilaatroz was arrested for covering women protests in Dasht-eBarchi / karte 4 (western Kabul) & then released afew hours after detention and torture 👇

Here is another Etilaat Roz journalist who was flogged on September 8 by Taliban. In total 5 Etilaat Roz journalists were beaten by Taliban including the editor in chief of the daily newspaper

"This is how Taliban threat journalists in Afghanistan especially if you want to cover women demo!" @Kilicbil


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Update: 154 media stopped their operations under taliban restrictions and threats after Boost radio (رادیو بُست) in #Helmand stopped its operation after nearly 15 years.

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Taliban terrorists torture and beat Abudul Rqziq Hamdard & Ulfat Sharifzai in #Nangarhar province. Both Hamdard and Sharifzai are journalists at Radio Arzisht in occupied Jalalabad.

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