Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things
The law, which will be gradually enforced, is aimed at persuading people that images of living things are against Islamic law
Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry pledged on Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced.
“The law applies to all Afghanistan … and it will be implemented gradually” by persuading people that images of living things are against Islamic law, said Saiful Islam Khyber, spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.
The Taliban government judiciary recently announced legislation formalising their strict interpretations of Islamic law imposed by the authorities since they swept to power in 2021.
The law detailed several rules for news media, including banning the publication of images of all living things and ordering outlets not to mock or humiliate Islam, or contradict Islamic law.
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Aspects of the new law have not yet been strictly enforced, however, and Taliban officials continue to regularly post photos of people on social media.
