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International Business Times
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Susannah Walden and Aysha Safi

Afghanistan Morality Ministry Spreads 'Living Things' Images Ban

Afghanistan's morality ministry has informed journalists that a ban on taking and publishing images of living things would be gradually implemented (Credit: AFP)

Afghanistan's morality ministry is gradually introducing a ban on images of living beings in media, with multiple provinces announcing restrictions and some Taliban officials refusing to be photographed or filmed, journalists across the country told AFP.

Since mid-October the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (PVPV) has held meetings with journalists in one province after another.

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