News ยท Afghanistan Imposes News Censorship on Election Day

# by Luke on 19 August 09

An Afghan police officer pointed a gun at journalists at the site where a coalition military convoy was struck by a suicide car bombing in Kabul on Tuesday

Photo: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

Afghanistan Imposes News Censorship on Election Day
By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: August 18, 2009

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban and the Afghan government escalated a war of attrition and propaganda on Tuesday, two days before the presidential election, with the Taliban unleashing suicide bombings and a rocket assault at the presidential palace and the government barring news organizations from reporting on election day violence. ... Continue