KABUL (AP) — The manager of an Afghan television network who refused to censor images of women dancing in short skirts and plunging necklines was arrested in what appeared to be a new sign of the government’s struggle to define the role of Islam in a country once led by extremists. The government has previously censured television stations and taken others to court, but the arrest of Emrose TV’s Fahim Khodamani on Monday was the first for airing overly salacious content, the Afghan deputy attorney general said Tuesday. The debate over television in this conservative Muslim country heated up after U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban in 2001.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Afghan TV station falls under gov. crackdown
By The Associated Press
March 23, 2009