Saad Mohseni

The Taliban have said they are open to a free Afghan media, but it is still unclear how much independence will be afforded to news organisations in the long run, Saad Mohseni, the owner of Tolo News, Afghanistan's first independent news channel, said

The Taliban on Monday declared two of Afghanistan's biggest television networks as legitimate "military targets", accusing them of fabricating claims that militants raped women during their recent three-day occupation of northern Kunduz city.

The Taliban have said they are open to a free Afghan media, but it is still unclear how much independence will be afforded to news organisations in the long run, Saad Mohseni, the owner of Tolo News, Afghanistan's first independent news channel, said

The Taliban on Monday declared two of Afghanistan's biggest television networks as legitimate "military targets", accusing them of fabricating claims that militants raped women during their recent three-day occupation of northern Kunduz city.