After a massive explosion rocked Kabul last month, many Afghans frightened out of their beds turned on their television sets to find out what was going on. Tolo TV, a popular broadcaster, didn't ...
Over the past two decades, the Afghan broadcaster Tolo has been known for provocative programs such as “Burka Avenger,” in which an animated superheroine uses martial arts to vanquish villains trying ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Inside a cramped and windowless room at the headquarters of Afghanistan's leading news channel, a group of young editors race against a six o'clock deadline. One fiddles with the ...
(Adds UN comment) By Terry Friel KABUL, April 18 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's attorney-general, accused by critics of regularly breaking the law, has raided Tolo television, one of the country's most ...
Tolo was attacked for "promoting obscenity, irreligiousness, foreign culture and nudity," the Taliban said in a statement. "Its workers were anti-jihad and anti-Islam elements trained by foreign ...
KABUL -- Its entertainment shows have been condemned as "un-Islamic" by conservatives and its journalists have received death threats for critical reporting about sensitive issues. But the ...
Zulala Hashimi became a popular Afghan celebrity as a teenager when she sang in a musical competition on Tolo TV in 2016. But when the Taliban returned to power, the government banned all musical ...