Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

Taliban shuts down Afghan women-run radio station for playing music

The Taliban-led government has shut down a women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, Al-Jazeera reported. The medium reported that the only women-run station became operational 10 years ago; it has eight staff where six of them are females. Official in the Taliban-led government who is also the director for Information and Culture in Badakhshan province, Moezuddin Ahmadi, claimed that …

Taliban closes Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station for 'playing music'

Najia Sorosh (right), head of ‘Sadai Banowan’, speaks with her staff in the broadcasting studio in Badakhshan province (Picture: AP) The Taliban’s relentless campaign against women and girls across Afghanistan continues even during Ramadan. The latest victim is the country’s only women-run radio station, which was shut for playing music during the holy month. ‘Sadai Banowan’, which means ‘women’s voice’ in Dari, started 10 years ago, and it has…

Afghanistan: Taliban shuts women-run radio station for playing music during holy month of Ramzan

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 3 (ANI): In another repressive move, a women-run radio station in northeast Afghanistan has been shut down for playing music during the fasting month of Ramzan, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. The radio station, Sadai Banowan was Afghanistan’s sole women-run station, broadcasting for ten years. Sadai Banowan translates to “women’s voice” in […]

Taliban closes Afghan women-run radio station for ‘playing music’

Sadai Banowan station head denies any violation, saying there was no need for the closure and called it a conspiracy.

Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

(ABC ACTION NEWS) – A women-run radio station in Afghanistan's northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday. Sadai Banowan, which means women's voice in Dari, is Afghanistan's only women-run station and started 10 years ago. It has eight staff, six of them female. WND is now on Trump's Truth Social! Follow us @WNDNews Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director for Information and Culture i…

Taliban closes Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station for playing music during Ramadan

The Taliban has shut down a women-run radio station in Afghanistan – the only one in the country – for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan.  Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director for Information and Culture in northeastern province of Badakhshan, said the station, "Sadai Banowan," was shuttered for breaching the "laws and regulations of the Islamic Emirate." "If this radio station accepts the policy of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and …