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Afghan authorities suspend BBC radio broadcasts across country, broadcaster says

Afghan authorities suspend BBC radio broadcasts across country, broadcaster says

Oct 13, 2026
  • A general view of residential houses on a hill, in Kabul — Sayed Hassib

    LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Afghan authorities have suspended the BBC's FM radio broadcasts across Afghanistan, the British broadcaster said on Tuesday, adding that it was working with them to resolve the situation.

    "Millions of people across Afghanistan rely on the BBC for accurate news and information and we are working with the authorities to address the situation," a BBC spokesperson said in a statement.

    Khubib Ghufran, the spokesperson for the Afghan Taliban government's Information and Culture ministry, said that the BBC’s activities had been suspended for the "time being due to repeated violations committed" by it.

    He did not elaborate on the violations.

    (Reporting by Sarah Young in London and Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul, writing by Sam Tabahriti; Editing by YP Rajesh)

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