The Azadi Briefing: Taliban Deals Another Blow To Afghan Media

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. Here's what I've been tracking and what I'm keeping an eye on in the days ahead. The Key Issue As part of its widening crackdown on the media, the Taliban’s hard-line government has shut down two television stations. On April 16, the media complaints commission within the Taliban's Information Ministry ordered the …