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February 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“The request itself is useless,” Roshan added, adjusting her
two-toned black and grey headscarf. Nai, which also tracks media
infringements, estimates there are around 120 female TV presenters across
the country.
Nai’s executive director Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar said the government had been
piling pressure over the past year to restrict content and “keep the
public away from the facts they need.
“We have concerns, fears, that this pressure is the beginning of media
limitation and this is because of the Taliban. They are paving the way for
them,” he said.
Khalvatgar cited numerous examples of pressure on the press over the last
year, including throwing acid on a veteran Afghan journalist and preventing
a Turkish soap opera from being aired.
While Afghan women have gained back basic rights in education, voting and work
since the Taliban was toppled in 2001, their plight remains severe and
future uncertain as Afghan and U.S. officials seek to negotiate with the
hardline group.
As the 2014 deadline looms for foreign combat troops to return home, some
activists in and outside Afghanistan fear that women’s rights may be
sacrificed in the scramble to ensure the West leaves behind a relatively
stable and peaceful state.
US officials said last week they wanted to accelerate the talks so peace
negotiations can be announced at a Nato summit in May. The Taliban’s
announcement last month that it was opening a political office in Qatar was
seen as a prelude to peace talks.
Source: Reuters
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