Islamabad: Entry of all Pakistani newspapers has been banned across the country after the Minister of Interior said Taliban are using them to influence public opinion.
The papers will be stopped to enter Afghanistan via Torkham border. The order adds to the mounting tension between the two countries.
The ministry also ordered border police to gather up Pakistani newspapers in the three eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan, AP reported.
The content of the newspapers is Taliban propaganda, the ministry said in a statement.
“The news is not based in reality and it is creating concerns for our countrymen in the eastern provinces of Afghanistan,” the ministry said in a statement. “Also, the newspapers are a propaganda resource of the Taliban spokesmen.”
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