Several media institutions in Afghanistan on Sunday raised concerns over what they described as government’s deliberate attempts to impose restrictions on live coverage of terrorism-related violence in the country.

They said government was trying to censor the media.  

Media organizations vowed to resist any type of pressure by government to impose restrictions on the industry, saying media freedom constitutes a red line for them.

On the rising threats facing the journalist community in Afghanistan, representatives of media institutions said instead of curbing threats against journalists and investigating the killing of media workers government is instead trying to impose restrictions on the sector.  

Media organizations say government in collaboration with certain people, who claim to be representatives of the media, are trying to add an extra regulation in terms of limitations and restrictions of live coverage of terrorism-related activities.

In this episode of Mehwar host Masoud Malik discusses the topic with Hujjatullah Mujadadi, chairman of the Afghanistan Freelance Journalists Union.