Afghan women-run radio resumes broadcasts after shutdown

ISLAMABAD — A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officers shut it down for per week for taking part in music throughout the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official and the top of the station mentioned Friday.

Sadai Banowan, which suggests “women’s voice” in Dari, was launched 10 years in the past in Badakhshan province and is Afghanistan’s solely women-run radio station. Six of its eight workers members are girls.

Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director for Information and Culture in Badakhshan, mentioned the station was allowed to renew actions on Thursday after it had obeyed the “laws and regulations of the Islamic Emirate” and agreed to cease broadcasting any type of music.

Station head Najia Sorosh mentioned after the station “gave a commitment to officials at the information and culture department, they unlocked the door of the station,” and so they began broadcasting once more.

The Afghan Journalist Safety Committee, an Afghan watchdog group that promotes the protection of journalists and press freedom and which was concerned in mediation for the station’s reopening, welcomed the resumption of broadcasts.

“Following AJSC’s advocacy efforts, Sadia Banowan radio resumed its broadcasts,” it mentioned in a tweet.

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Representatives from the Ministry of Information and Culture and the Vice and Virtue Directorate had shut down the station per week earlier.

Many journalists misplaced their jobs after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. Media retailers closed over an absence of funds or as a result of workers left the nation, in accordance with the Afghan Independent Journalists Association.