Confusion prevailed over Afghanistan media group TOLO News reporter Ziar Yaad's whereabouts after the channel tweeted that he was killed by the Taliban in Kabul. However, minutes later multiple tweets ...

Tolo News reporter Ziar Yaad also expressed concerns over the incident and said the issue has taken up with the Taliban leaders. The news of Tolo News reporter Ziar Yaad being killed by the Taliban ...

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As Taliban fighters entered Kabul on the evening of August 15, executives at Afghanistan's biggest independent TV network had a tough decision to make: stay on-air or go dark. Tolo kept broadcasting, ...

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Tolo came to prominence with hard-hitting news, raucous reality shows and lurid Turkish soap operas. Now there are ominous signs that a violent media clampdown is underway. By Dan Bilefsky Over the ...

After years of tuning into Tolo programming for hard-hitting news and the exploits of their favorite soap-opera character, Afghans are seeing a stripped-down and covered-up version of news and ...