Kabul : The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Saturday set a one-month deadline for Information and Culture Minister Syed Makhdom Raheen to ban “anti-Islamic broadcasts” by TV channels.
Raheen was summoned to Saturday’s session for what lawmakers called vulgar and un-Islamic programs aired by some TV channels.
“Some people misinterpret the term of freedom of expression and think that they are free to insult anyone or accused anyone of anything and broadcast anything they want,” public representative from western Herat province, Khalil Ahmad Shaheedzada, said. “I can prove that TV channels are one of the reasons for the war in Afghanistan.
