The Taliban-led government has shut down a women-run radio station in Afghanistan for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan.

According to reports from Aljazeera, the radio station called Sadai Banowan, or “women’s voice” in the Dari language, is the country’s only radio station run mainly by women.

It has eight staff and six of them are females.

Moezuddin Ahmadi, Taliban’s director for information and culture in Badakhshan province, claimed that the station violated the “laws and regulations of the Islamic Emirate”.

The station’s head, Najia Sorosh, denied that there was any violation, saying there was no need for the closure and called the action a “conspiracy”.

The Taliban-led government has prevented women from most forms of employment and education beyond the sixth grade, including university. This has continued to generate wider condemnation by global key players who are promoting girl child education in especially developing countries.

The latest sanction imposed by the Taliban regime on the Sadai Banowan is viewed by many human rights activists as a deliberate attempt to muzzle the press in Afghanistan.