Taliban shut down 3rd Shiite-centered media outlet in 4 months in Afghanistan
New York, September 30, 2026—Taliban authorities should immediately permit the independent Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) to reopen its Kabul office, release reporter Zamin Ali Chavoshi and five other detained media workers, and halt their escalating campaign against news organizations serving Afghanistan’s persecuted Shiite Hazara community, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On September 24,…