Date: 1402/12/09 Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the acting head of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Taliban, has warned that if women do not cover their faces when appearing on television or in video interviews, there is a possibility that the Taliban leader will completely ban women from working in the media. The Afghanistan Journalists Center has expressed concern and is monitoring the situation in the country, warning of the potential complete ban on women’s work in media, which is already severely restricted, and the consequences of such a move. This meeting, hosted by the Ministry of Virtue and Vice Prevention, was attended by dozens of media officials and representatives at a hotel in Kabul. Ministry officials discussed the rules regarding the presence of female journalists and their appearance as guests on television programs. Abdul Ghaffar Farooq, the ministry spokesperson, showed pictures of women wearing black clothing and a face veil, with only their eyes visible, and advised media representatives to adopt and follow this model of hijab. Furthermore, Farooq recommended that media outlets refrain from interviewing Afghan women whose faces are visible or who are not wearing masks. At the same time, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi has urged media representatives to heed the recommendations regarding female journalists' hijab and video interviews with women. Hanafi has warned that if these recommendations are ignored, there is a possibility that the Taliban's supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, will issue a total ban on women working in the media.

The Taliban's threat to impose a total ban on women working in media—if strict face-covering rules are not followed—reflects a deepening effort to erase women from public discourse under the guise of religious enforcement.