According to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) survey, Afghanistan has lost 39.59% of its media and 59.86% of its journalists after the Taliban came to power.
Afghanistan had 547 media before August 15, 2021; But among these, 219 media have been closed in the last year
According to statistics, 50% of media outlets in Balkh, Bamyan, Panjshir, Parwan, Takhar, Herat and Faryab provinces have been closed.
Kabul in the center of the country had the highest number with 133 media outlets; But after the regime change, nearly half of these media have been deactivated. Currently, only 69 media outlets are active in the capital
11,857 journalists, including men and women, who were active before the Taliban took over, now there are only 4,759 journalists.
In total, 7 thousand 98 journalists are no longer working, and 54.52% of these journalists are men.
Women journalists suffered the most impact and 76.19% of them lost their jobs. The Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders has said that journalism has been destroyed in Afghanistan in the past year. The media and journalists in this country are subjected to unfair regulations that limit freedom and open the way for repression.
He emphasized that the current rulers of Afghanistan should commit to ending the violence and harassment of media workers and allow them to do their work without being disturbed.
Reporters Without Borders added that women suffered the most damage in the collapse of Afghan journalism last year and have completely disappeared from the media scene in 11 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces.