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Afghan Taliban leaders unveiled a new round of restrictions on Afghan media earlier this week, banning TV stations from broadcasting dramas and soap operas featuring female actresses. The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which replaced the Ministry of Women’s Affairs after the Islamic fundamentalist group seized power in the country in August, also told broadcasters not to show films. or programs “against Islamic or Afghan values”. The showing of films that promote foreign cultures or traditions in Afghan society, or that cause immorality, should also be banned, according to the directive. Women television journalists,...
