KABUL, Asad 5, 1389
The cabinet of Afghanistan in a Ministers' Meeting unanimously ruled banning Emroz TV for 'provoking secterian tensions' and 'attempting to disrupt national unity'.
According to statement from office of President Hamid Karzai, letting Emroz TV to continue its broadcast was posing a 'serious threat' to sovereignty of the government of Afghanistan. The ministry of Information and Culture was, therefore, ordered to immediately enact the ban.
However, Najibullah Kabuli owner of the channel and member of the parliament, said the cabinet's decision was taken under pressure from Iran and Shiite clerics.
The Ministers' Meeting also ordered stopping of Dil-o-Nadil Show of TV1 and Bazi-e-Bakht show of Tolo TV finding them 'unislamic', according to the statement from the Presidential Office.
More details of the bans will be published as soon as they are available.