Kabul (BNA) Zabihullah Mujahid says, while there is already an active media federation in Kabul with a number of active media members, the announcement of a second federation and its so-called media membership, which ceased operations years ago or whose leaders fled the country, is not considered appropriate.
Zabihullah Mujahid wrote in a tweet, “Doing so leads to unhealthy competition among the media. If the media outlets really want to operate as normal media outlets, they must renew their expired licenses, pay the taxes and operate in a genuine and healthy manner within the framework of the media law.
This statement is in response to reports about the ban on holding a press conference of the Federation of Journalists of Afghanistan.
The Federation of Journalists had planning to hold a press conference in Kabul on Wednesday focusing on Afghanistan’s officials and media, but officials said the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s officials had prevent holding such a conference.
In response Zabihullah Mujahid spokesman of IEA says, while there is already an active media federation in Kabul, announcing another federation is not appropriate as well as members of those media outlets that have been active for years and whose officials have fled.
Mujahid added, such an act, causes challenges in the competition of media.
