Taliban Warns Media Not to Promote Immorality Day After Killing Seven Journalists
Various governments, human rights groups, and rival news outlets condemned the deadly Taliban suicide car bombing in Kabul as an assault on freedom of the press.
Taliban jihadists in Afghanistan reportedly warned media organizations Thursday not to promote immorality and foreign cultures.
The warning comes a day after the terrorist group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed seven journalists employed by TOLO TV, Afghanistan’s biggest and most-watched television channel.
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), has arrested eight members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani Network who are suspected of having been involved in the attack, reports TOLO’s news wing.
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