Kabul-based Radio Begum was educating Afghan women on health, psychology, and spiritual programmes.
While the Taliban did not mention which foreign TV channel, Radio Begum’s sister satellite channel Begum TV operates from France and broadcasts educational programmes on Afghan school curriculum from seventh to 12th grade.
The Taliban officials “seized computers, hard drives, files and phones from Begum staff, including Begum female journalists, and took into custody two male employees of the organisation who do not hold any senior management position”, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
“This decision comes after several violations, including the unauthorised provision of content and programming to a foreign-based television channel,” the Taliban’s information and broadcast ministry said without disclosing when the radio station will be allowed to function normally.
In Kabul, Radio Begum broadcasted at least six hours of lessons a day, including topics of health, psychology and spiritual programmes tailored for women across parts of Afghanistan before its shutdown on Tuesday.
