📰 Media & Journalism Aug 14, 2026 · CPJ Staff

5 years after Taliban takeover, CPJ calls for an end to deepening repression of journalists

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New York, August 14, 2026—Five years on from the Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the group to halt its brutal repression of the press — particularly women journalists — and lift sweeping restrictions that have cut access to independent information and allowed a propaganda ecosystem to flourish.



After capturing Kabul on August 15, 2021, Taliban authorities immediately began their attack on the media, barring female journalists from working at the

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