Sadai Banowan violated ‘laws and regulations of the Islamic emirate’, says local Taliban official
A female-run radio station in Afghanistan’s north-east has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said.
Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director for information and culture in Badakhshan province, said the station had violated the “laws and regulations of the Islamic emirate” several times by broadcasting songs and music during Ramadan and was shuttered because of the breach. Station head Najia Sorosh denied there was any violation, saying there was no need for the closure and called it a conspiracy. TheSorosh said at 11.40am on Thursday representatives from the ministry of information and culture and the vice and virtue directorate arrived at the station and shut it down. She said station staff had contacted vice and virtue but officials there said they do not have any additional information about the closing.
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