1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/State Department pressures VOA to kill Taliban interview - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M7G9zzWt82"><a href="https://cpj.org/2001/09/state-department-pressures-voa-to-kill-taliban-int/">State Department pressures VOA to kill Taliban interview</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2001/09/state-department-pressures-voa-to-kill-taliban-int/embed/#?secret=M7G9zzWt82" width="600" height="338" title="“State Department pressures VOA to kill Taliban interview” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="M7G9zzWt82" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, September 27, 2001---Under pressure from the U.S. Department of State, the Voice of America (VOA) recently delayed airing a story containing parts of an exclusive interview with the leader of Afghanistan's Taliban movement, Mullah Mohammed Omar. The federally funded broadcaster's decision came after Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage and senior National…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/colophon.gif