Taliban Authorities Ban Cricket on Kandahar Radio
- Taliban authorities have banned Kandahar radio stations from airing cricket-related content, according to two broadcasters and a provincial source.
- The provincial Information and Culture Department reportedly prohibited cricket commentary, news coverage, and reports about match results.
- A local radio station head said officials called stations and told them they could no longer cover cricket on air.
- The ban affects radio coverage, while men and boys may still play cricket and women and girls remain barred from sports more broadly.
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This Sunday, AFP learned that some Afghan radio stations received a call on Saturday to stop them from talking about cricket and from covering it.
"We received yesterday [Saturday] a call" from the authorities "in which they told us that we could no longer cover cricket on the radio, neither comment on parties nor mention it on the news," said a source from a local radio station who asked for anonymity for safety. Another source from a second media confirmed the order under the same conditions and stressed that the authorities "did not give any explanation" about the measure. An official f…
The Taliban have ordered radio stations in Kandahar Province to stop broadcasting any news, reports, and commentary about cricket, despite previously supporting the sport.
The veto covers the news and programs of Kandahar province, in the Afghan south, bastion of the Taliban supreme leader.They are forbidden to broadcast parties and can't even comment on the game.
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AlKhaleej TodayNo cricket on the radio: Taliban tells Kandahar stations to drop all coverage
KABUL, Nov 15 — The Taliban authorities have banned radio stations in southern Kandahar from airing content related to cricket, a rapidly growing sport in Afghanistan, two...
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