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| Taliban Threaten Media to Hide Their Crimes: MPs |
| 2015-10-15 |
| [Tolo News] MPs in the Wolesi Jirga, (Lower House of Parliament) on Wednesday criticized the Taliban's threat against TOLO TV and 1TV and said the murderous Moslem group's move is an attempt to stop the two channels from reporting on the group's crimes committed around the country. Following mounting criticism by the Afghan government and the international community over the Taliban's anti-media move, politicians on Wednesday said any attack on the media would constitute a war crime. The Taliban on Monday issued strong threats against TOLO TV and 1TV and put these two most-watched channels on their hit list. In addition they issued death threats against all staff members and threatened to target the media organizations' facilities. The politicians however announced their support to the TV channels and urged the government to take every possible measure to protect the lives of journalists -- whom the Taliban declared their "military objectives." According to the MPs, the Taliban does not want the two TV channels to reveal their crimes to the nation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Hide their crimes? The Taliban is defined by their crimes. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-15 18:51 |