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The vice president of the lower house of the Afghan Parliament, Abdul Sattar Khawasi, who heads the campaign against television projects style U.S. confirmed the promise of Afghan Minister of Information review programs.
“I have already made clear in the House that will initiate the jihad [Islamic holy war] against the issuance of this type of program on television,” said Khawasi quoted as saying ‘The Telegraph’.
Since 2001, when it fell to the Taliban regime, Afghanistan began to actively develop media, which at that time was considered a sign of freedom and democracy.
In recent years reality TV programs class=”c8″> and many programs similar to U.S. emissions invaded the 75 television channels and 175 radio stations currently broadcasting in the country.
Some of these programs pose no contradiction to the traditions of Islam, but there are also quite controversial projects, especially in relation to the behavior of women, such as ‘Afghan Star’ (The Star Afghan) or ‘Voice of Afghanistan’ (Voice of Afghanistan), based on popular Western programs like ‘The Voice’ and ‘X Factor’, among others.During the first season of ‘Afghan Star’ , the local version of ‘Pop Idol’, aired in the U.S., a scandal erupted when one of the participants dropped the handkerchief that covered her head, so that the girl was forced to leave the program .
Despite the active development of the media, Afghanistan remains a conservative Muslim country. “I saw some editions of ‘Voice of Afghanistan’, and I hated it. Do not want my relatives try to take these traditions,” admitted a 24-year-old student at the University of Kabul. So, not only politicians, but also many citizens believe that such programs promote values ??alien to Afghan culture instead of promoting national culture. 
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