Is Afghan journalism dead? 

The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has been a devastating blow to Afghan journalism and the country’s wider media scene. Hundreds of news outlets have shut down. Journalists have been attacked, critical voices censored. Female journalists have been hit hardest of all, forced out of work amid wider Taliban restrictions on women’s lives. Many journalists have fled abroad or gone into hiding. What can be done? How should journalists, Afghan and foreign, media owners and journalist protection groups respond?