Journalists, rights workers, worried that 11 new directives issued by the Taliban may lead to censorship of the media.
![To Afghan journalists, the new guidelines are the first direct sign of the Taliban trying to muzzle the nation’s media [File: EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/h_57120456-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
![Afghanistan's Rashid Khan (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Scotland's Brad Wheal (not pictured) during the ICC's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Scotland at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on October 25, 2021 [Aamir Qureshi/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/000_9QE328.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Journalists, rights workers, worried that 11 new directives issued by the Taliban may lead to censorship of the media.
Protesters say Taliban used pepper sprays and tear gas to disperse them as they tried to reach the presidential palace.
![Recent weeks have seen the Taliban send mixed signals about the place of women in Afghan society [Hoshang Hashimi/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9M66PJ.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Many Afghans fear a potential economic collapse as the Taliban celebrates the withdrawal of the last US troops.
![Taliban forces took of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after the US withdrew in the early hours of August 31 [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/h_57142603-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)