Taliban and Islamic State extend news “black holes” in Afghanistan

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities to do everything possible to protect journalists and media outlets in Afghanistan, where threats and attacks by the jihadi group Islamic State have been added to those by the Taliban, creating new information “black holes” in several provinces. Although countries such as the United States, Iran, Norway and Qatar are “normalizing” their relations with the Taliban and certain Afghan politicians are sitting with them at the negotiating table, the (...)

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