Afghan Taliban to enforce media ban on images of living things

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry pledged on Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced.

It comes after the Taliban government recently announced legislation formalising their strict interpretations of Islamic law that have been imposed since they swept to power in 2021.

“The law applies to all Afghanistan… and it will be implemented gradually,” the spokesman for...