BBC news bulletins pulled off-air in Afghanistan following ‘worrying’ Taliban order shutting out ‘six million viewers’
The Metro says the BBC has urged the Taliban to ‘reverse their decision’ after the corporation’s news bulletins were pulled from air in Afghanistan.
On Sunday, the BBC announced its TV news bulletin in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek had been taken off-air in the country following a Taliban order.
It has since called on the Taliban to ‘reverse their decision’, claiming the service reaches six million Afghans weekly.
Tarik Kafala, head of languages, BBC World Service, said: ‘This is a worrying development at a time of uncertainty and turbulence for the people of Afghanistan.
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