Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
09-22-2012, 01:49 PM
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/22/14032475-afghanistan-bans-pakistani-newspapers-cites-propaganda?lite&ocid=msnhp
By NBC News and news services
Afghanistan has banned all Pakistani newspapers over what security officials say is anti-government propaganda aimed at Kabul, the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday, in a move likely to worsen already tense cross-border ties.
The deputy interior minister in Afghanistan is ordering the Zone One border police commander to stop all the Pakistani newspapers coming from Pakistan through Torkham borders.
The statement says the Pakistani newspapers are an easy source for the Taliban to convey their message, which can change the minds of Afghans. The main provinces where the papers are distributed are the Nangarhar, Kunar and Noristan provinces. Pakistani newspapers are usually filled with statements that the Afghan government does not properly represent its people and that its NATO-led allies are "occupying" the country, rather than offering security support, Ihsanuddin Taheri, an interior ministry spokesman, told Reuters.
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Taliban could not exist in Pakistan without comfort and aid coming from citizens there. Perhaps we should leave A-stan after helping them both go to war with each other..-;)-Tyr
By NBC News and news services
Afghanistan has banned all Pakistani newspapers over what security officials say is anti-government propaganda aimed at Kabul, the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday, in a move likely to worsen already tense cross-border ties.
The deputy interior minister in Afghanistan is ordering the Zone One border police commander to stop all the Pakistani newspapers coming from Pakistan through Torkham borders.
The statement says the Pakistani newspapers are an easy source for the Taliban to convey their message, which can change the minds of Afghans. The main provinces where the papers are distributed are the Nangarhar, Kunar and Noristan provinces. Pakistani newspapers are usually filled with statements that the Afghan government does not properly represent its people and that its NATO-led allies are "occupying" the country, rather than offering security support, Ihsanuddin Taheri, an interior ministry spokesman, told Reuters.
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Taliban could not exist in Pakistan without comfort and aid coming from citizens there. Perhaps we should leave A-stan after helping them both go to war with each other..-;)-Tyr