Private TV channel opens in Kabul

MUMBAI: Private television channel has come to Kabul. The first private television channel in the Afghan capital of Kabul has commenced broadcasting.

Named as Afghan Television Channel (ATC), the channel will air music and films on tentative bases for one month.

The collapse of fundamentalist Taliban regime and induction of new government saw print and electronic mediahave mushrooming in major cities across the post-war Afghanistan. Another private television channel from the northern city of Shibirghan has already started functioning.

ATC director Ahamd Shah Afghanzai is quoted in media reports as saying the channel’s beaming would cover all the capital and surrounding areas.