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BBC FM radio transmissions suspended in Afghanistan

By Phelan Chatterjee||2 min read at BBC News

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Generated October 13, 2026

  • The Taliban government in Afghanistan has suspended BBC FM radio broadcasts across the country, citing unidentified repeated violations. The BBC expressed its intention to continue reporting via other platforms while working to resolve the issue with authorities.

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Afghanistan's Taliban government has suspended the transmission of BBC broadcasts from FM radio sites across the country.

A Taliban government spokesman said the BBC had been suspended because of "repeated " but did not elaborate.

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