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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Aysha Safi

Afghan Taliban Vow To Implement Media Ban On Images Of Living Things

A sign of the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is seen at an entrance gate of a government building in Kabul (Credit: AFP)

Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced.

It comes after the Taliban government recently announced legislation formalising their strict interpretations of Islamic law that have been imposed since they swept to power in 2021.

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