BBC, VOA Taken Off Air in Afghanistan as Taliban Bans Foreign Media Programmes

Pedestrians walk past a BBC logo at Broadcasting House in London on Jan.29, 2020. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

BBC news bulletins have been taken off air in Afghanistan as part of the Taliban’s suspension of foreign TV programmes, the British public broadcaster said on Sunday.

U.S. and German public broadcasters Voice of America (VOA) and Deutsche Welle (DW) also said their programmes have been removed after local TV stations are barred from airing them.