At least 86 radio stations have halted operations over the past six months, media watchdog organiza-tions reported, saying financial and political issues are the main reasons for the collapse of the Afghan media. February 13th marked the UN’s World Radio Day.
Although the media instrument has technologically developed in a variety of ways, radio still remains one of the main sources of information for people in some countries.“We have a lot of memories from the radio. There was a time when restrictions were imposed on lis-tening to the radio. When we were listening to the radio, we would task one individual to keep a look-out; we were listening to it in secret,” said Mangal, a resident of Wardak.
“It was a longtime ago. I was a toddler. A radio device was brought into our village. When I was listening to the broadcast, I was thinking there are people inside the radio device,” said Abdul Salim, a resident of Wardak.
The recent political change in Afghanistan follow-ing the fall of the republican government has se-verely affected the Afghan media’s radio sector.—Agencies
