Pakistan, Aug. 16 -- Recently, a comprehensive assessment by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals that the Taliban regime has systematically dismantled press freedom in Afghanistan. They have effectively converted the nation's once-vibrant media landscape into a controlled propaganda machine. Over five years of rule, more than 20 national directives and provincial decrees have enforced rigorous censorship, silenced public criticism, and erased women from the airwaves. Female television anchors must cover their faces, and regional bans in provinces like Kandahar have silenced women's voices on the radio. Independent reporting has been replaced by judicial repression; the January 2026 Code of Criminal Procedure enforces public lashings a...