Afghanistan Peace CampaignAlkozai added that this decision is so far only a proposal and there has been no discussion about its implementation.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has responded to this decision by calling for its cancellation, stating that it will impede the free flow of information.
“The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Taliban not to move ahead with their plans to restrict or block access to Facebook in Afghanistan, saying that would further impede the free flow of information in the country,” the SPJ said in a press release.
However, the spokesperson for the Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Enayatullah Alkozai told TOLOnews that this decision is currently only a proposal and only content that is in conflict with the national interests and culture of Afghanistan will be restricted.
He believes that Facebook itself hinders access to information.
“In fact, Facebook restricts access to information, and the restrictions applied to the official government pages have resulted in neither the government being able to present its views to the people nor the people being able to send their messages to the government,” said Enayatullah Alkozai.
Alkozai added that this decision is so far only a proposal and there has been no discussion about its implementation.