ANAAR TV ( fa, تلویزیون انار) is a commercial

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, Afghanistan. This channel is launched early after DDTV startup on 31 May 2015, It became one of the first

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(DTTV) stations dedicated to technology, and later became Afghanistan's first English language entertainment Channel. The channel was broadcast via

Oqaab Oqaab ( fa, عقاب, meaning "eagle") is the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in Afghanistan, operated by the privately owned Afghanistan Broadcasting System (ABS). The service rolled out in April 2015 starting in Kabul and h ...

DTTV on channel 29, and from 17 January 2016 onward was available on

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. The channel broadcasts popular English TV series with

Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī � ...

and

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subtitles. As the only English entertainment and technology channel the channel often faces threats from extremists. After the 7 November 2017 attack on

Shamshad TV Shamshad Media Network ( ps, شمشاد) is based in Afghanistan and Dubai. Shamshad Media Network is a private and an Independent network based in Afghanistan which began transmission in 2005. Shamshad Media Network was established to represen ...

, the management decide to suspend transmission due to threats, without prior notice.

References

External links

Official site
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