The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), on World Press Freedom Day, stated that the Taliban have forced journalists, especially female journalists, to leave their jobs using threats, imprisonment, and coercion.

The Front emphasised that the Taliban uses domestic media to propagate "terrorism and extremism”.

In a statement released on Friday, AFF wrote that the Taliban imposed severe restrictions on media activities.

According to AFF, over the past two and a half years, the Taliban have dismantled all the progress made during the 20-year tenure of the republic government in fostering freedom of expression and media engagement.

AFF said that the Taliban disregards access to information as a fundamental human right.

Furthermore, AFF expressed concerns over the Taliban's restructuring of Afghanistan's educational system, fearing it may jeopardise the nation's future.

The "Talibanisation" of the education system, as per AFF, fosters extremism and violence, enticing the younger generation into the fold of terrorist organisations.