Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Afghanistan's clerics plan to launch 'Mullah TV' = The Daily Star - Politics -

The Daily Star - Politics - Afghanistan's clerics plan to launch 'Mullah TV': "Wednesday, May 04, 2005

KABUL: Radical Afghan clerics Tuesday unveiled plans to launch the country's first Islamic television channel since the fall of the fundamentalist Taliban regime more than three years ago. A group of hard-line religious scholars, or mullahs, based in the capital Kabul said the station would counter what they say are immoral and un-Islamic programs being broadcast by other channels.
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The spokesman added that Karzai had promised to help them but did not give an exact date or details of how the station would be funded or operated.
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Kashaf said women would appear on screen but under a full Islamic veil."

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