Page 109 - ETIHAD CREDIT INSURANCE PR REPORT - OCTOBER 2024

law, or Sharia. Among the new directives, Article 17 prohibits the

publication of images depicting living beings.

Officials in Helmand announced an immediate halt to the filming
and photography of living creatures, though they did not provide

details on enforcement or any potential exceptions. Last week,

media in the provinces of Takhar, Maidan Wardak, and Kandahar
began observing this directive, ceasing the display of images of
living beings. Some private media channels have reportedly

followed suit to ensure compliance.

Unlike other Muslim-majority nations, including Iran and Saudi
Arabia, no similar restrictions on media images exist. During their
previous rule in the late 1990s, the Taliban had banned most

forms of media, including television, radio, and newspapers. The
Ministry of Information also recently banned 400 books deemed

incompatible with Islamic and Afghan cultural values.

The outlawed books have been collected from stores and

publishing houses and replaced by religious texts, including the
Qur'an.

A ministry spokesman, Khubaib Ghofran, was quoted by The
Associated Press on X: "The Ministry of Information and Culture

will collect any book written according to the nefarious plans of
enemies to destroy the thought, faith, unity, and culture of this

nation."

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274738150/afghanistan-bans-media-from-showing-
images-of-living-people-animals