As the United Nations celebrated World Radio Day on February 13, Afghanistan is in mourning, as 86 radio stations have shut down in the six months since the Taliban assumed control of the country.

Financial and political factors, according to media watchdog organisations, are the major causes for the collapse of the Afghan media. The recent political change in Afghanistan with the fall of the republican government has had a significant impact on the radio sector of the Afghan media. According to media reports, Radio Jahan is one of dozens of radio stations that have stopped broadcasting since August.

"Radio Jahan has been off the air for more than six months owing to significant financial difficulties," claimed Mosawar Rasikh, the station's director. "Around 70% of radio stations in the country have shuttered. In the current circumstances, the factors include economic issues and broadcasting programmes. The government, on the other hand, is adamant about collecting taxes from radio stations "Shafiullah Azizi, the chairman of the Zamzama radio stations, declared as much. According to statistics, over 300 different types of media organisations have been shut down since the Taliban took control in August, according to media reports.

"Our findings reveal that unless the international community provides financial assistance to the media, many of these radio stations would cease over the next six months, indicating a media collapse in the country," said Hojatullah Mujadidi, president of the Afghan Independent Journalist Association.

Despite the fact that radio has progressed technologically in a variety of ways, it remains one of the primary sources of information for people in various nations, according to media reports. "We have a lot of radio-related memories. There was a period when listening to the radio was strictly prohibited. When we were listening to the radio, we assigned one person to keep an eye on things; we were listening to it in secret, after all " said Mangal, a resident of Wardak.

"It had been a long time. I was a toddler at the time. Our village has received a radio device. I had the impression that there were persons within the radio equipment while listening to the broadcast "Wardak resident Abdul Salim expressed his thoughts. In 1926, during the reign of former Afghan King Amanullah Khan, Afghanistan's first radio station was established. Radio Kabul was the first radio station to broadcast in Kabul.

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