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Taliban releases media guidelines, ban shows with female actors
The Taliban administration has released a set of restrictions on the Afghan media, including banning television dramas that include female actors and ordering women news presenters to wear "Islamic hijab".
Afghanistan's Ministry of Vice and Virtue set out nine rules this week, a Taliban administration spokesperson said on Tuesday, largely centred on banning any media that contravened "Islamic or Afghan values".
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