The Afghan ruling party, the Taliban, has reiterated its commitment to implement a media policy banning images of living beings. Afghanistan‘s Ministry of Religious and Moral Affairs said in a statement on Monday that journalists have been told that the ban on publishing pictures of living things will be implemented in a phased manner.
According to the French news agency, this law applies to all Afghan citizens. Spokesman of the Ministry of Religious and Moral Affairs, Saiful Islam Khyber, said that the officials of the ministry will make people believe that Islam has forbidden taking and spreading pictures of living things. The public is advised to avoid anything that is beyond the limits set by the Shari’ah.
The Afghan government has recently directed media outlets not to publish content that contradicts religious teachings and injunctions, and not to mock these teachings. The public has been asked not to take pictures of the animals on cell phones and other devices.
Taliban officials regularly post pictures of people on social media, and Afghan journalists told AFP that they had been assured by authorities that they would continue their work after the law banning images of living things came into force. Will be able to keep.