Moby Media Group is the largest media company in

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. Moby Group is privately owned, with headquarters in

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and 15 bureaus throughout Afghanistan. The company also has an office in

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, where regional business is conducted.

History

Moby Group was founded by

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Saad Mohseni Saad Mohseni (Persian: سعد محسنی) is an Afghan Australian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of MOBY Group, launched in Afghanistan in 2002 and now active across South and Central Asia and the ...

with the start-up help of United States government money and with a cash injection from

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, led by his friend

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. The company has partnered with

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in Afghanistan, and the US government has continued funding some of its broadcasts. Saad Mohseni is an Afghan-Australian who returned to his native Afghanistan in 2002. Saad is founder and current

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of Moby Group. Based in the capital city of

, as of 2010 the company employs over 400 staff across 11 businesses. In 2015, the

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...

labeled TOLO TV a 'propaganda network'. In 2016, its subsidiary Lapis was paid AU$1.6 million for promoting a controversial "anti-refugee" film commissioned by the Australian Department of Immigration. The film was also broadcast on TOLO TV. Moby Group has offices in

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, and

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Group structure

The company has three divisions: * Moby Media Group, with the broadcast brands

TOLOnews TOLOnews (Pashto/ Persian: ) is Afghanistan's first 24/7 news television channel, owned by MOBY Group, launched in August, 2010. Its sister channels are TOLO TV and Lemar TV in Afghanistan. The channel is available on terrestrial across Afghanis ...

TOLO TV TOLO ( fa, طلوع, , sunrise) is a commercial television station operated by MOBY Group in Afghanistan. Launched in 2004, it became one of the first commercial stations in the country and laid the foundation for an accessible media outlet by o ...

Lemar TV Lemar (Pashto:لمر, meaning "sun" in Pashto) is a television station based in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was founded in 2006. It is owned by MOBY Group. The channel broadcasts news, shows, and entertainment programs in the Pashto language. Its ...

Arman FM ARMAN FM is a general entertainment commercial radio station in Afghanistan. It broadcasts 24/7 in Dari and Pashto and is also available on live stream on ARMAN FM's website. History ARMAN FM takes its name from the Dari/Pashto word that means � ...

and Tolo Music (Web), along with production, media distribution, talent management, print media and directories. * Moby Technology Group, which operates technology companies Afghan ITT and 456 in the IT&T and

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arenas. * Moby People Group, which includes the advertising agency Lapis and the AndeshaGah

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chain.

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Moby Media Group
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History

Group structure

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