Date: 17/04/1403 Daily Newspaper 8am, Kabul: The Afghanistan Journalists Center reports that Taliban intelligence employees have closed the local radio station "Kawon Ghag" in Laghman.

On Sunday, July 8, 2024, the Afghanistan Journalists Center published a statement noting that this radio station has been operating in Laghman for nearly two decades. The Taliban entered its building on June 14, 2024, and shut it down. The statement mentions that the Taliban's intelligence agency closed the private radio station, claiming that its ownership belongs to the government.

This organization expressed deep concern over this incident and called for the immediate and unconditional reopening of the media outlet.

Meanwhile, a source informed the Afghanistan Journalists Center that Yousafzai, the director of "Kawon Ghag," has filed a complaint with the Taliban's Ministry of Information and Culture regarding this action by the intelligence agency. The source indicated that despite three weeks having passed since the radio's closure, Yousafzai's efforts to reopen it have been unsuccessful.

This action reflects the Taliban's continued efforts to dismantle independent media and control information flows. The closure undermines press freedom, silences local voices, and disrupts decades of community broadcasting. It exemplifies the use of state power to suppress independent journalism under vague or disputed legal pretexts, with no transparent due process