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More than 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the country. Reports have emerged from Afghanistan of an increasing crackdown by the Taliban on journalists. In a recent survey conducted by non-profit organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) shows a radical change in the Afghan media landscape since the Taliban took power.
The survey said, as many as 231 media outlets have had to close. According to the survey, more than four out of every ten media outlets have disappeared and 60 percent of journalists and media employees are no longer able to work.
The survey reveals that women journalists are mostly affected as 80 percent of them have lost their jobs since Taliban took control of Kabul.
RSF said that out of the 543 media outlets tallied in Afghanistan at the start of the summer 2021, only 312 were still operating at the end of November. This means that 43 percent of Afghan media outlets disappeared in the space of three months.