The BBC’s charitable wing, BBC Media Action, which operates independently from the broadcaster, also reportedly regularly contributes to the regime by paying tax on staff salaries and operating costs.
Money from the BBC covers security and rent to small parts of the RTA sites, which enables the BBC to house its FM equipment.
“The BBC is editorially independent throughout its programming, irrespective of the language service, and remains the only international news media organisation still broadcasting inside Afghanistan.
THE BBC is paying money to the Taliban’s propaganda wing so it can keep broadcasting in Afghanistan.
The public broadcasting house is reportedly paying rent to the Taliban’s ‘Radio and Television Afghanistan’ (RTA) so it can keep broadcasting there.
