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Fear runs through Afghanistan’s ‘hazardous’ media landscape

Afghan Journalists attend a press conference of a former president Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) An Afghan journalist and popular YouTuber Faisal Mudaris, describes how he detained by Taliban at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Mudaris spent eight days in Taliban custody, where he said he was beaten and threatened. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Afghan journalists Banafsha Binesh, right, speaks with her colleague Wheeda Hassan, at TOLO TV newsroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Binesh fear haunts every step when she leaves her home each morning for the newsroom at Afghanistan's largest television station in the Afghan capital Kabul. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Afghan journalist Asma Saeen, 22, who works at TOLO TV reports from the street in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Both Saeen and her colleague Binesh tried to leave along with the hundreds of other journalists who fled or were helped to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban sweep last August. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) An Afghan private security guards the hard main entrance gate of TOLO TV, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Afghan journalist Madina Morwat, checks her mobile at TOLO TV newsroom, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Taliban deputy spokesman of the culture and information ministry Bilal Karimi, right, speaks during an interview with the Associated, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) TOLO TV news director Khpolwak Sapai speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Afghan cameramen cover a protest against U.S. President Joe Biden in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Afghan journalist Asma Saeen, 22, who works at TOLO TV interviews people in Kabul , Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Both Saeen and her colleague Binesh tried to leave along with the hundreds of other journalists who fled or were helped to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban sweep last August. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Afghan journalist Wheeda Hassan works on her desk at TOLO TV newsroom, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Afghan journalist Banafsha Binesh speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, at TOLO TV newsroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Binesh fear haunts every step when she leaves her home each morning for the newsroom at Afghanistan's largest television station in the Afghan capital Kabul. A December survey jointly carried out by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalist Association, reported "a total of 231 media outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs", since the Taliban's August arrival in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)