TOLO ( fa, طلوع, , sunrise) is a commercial

television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth ...

operated by

MOBY Group Moby Media Group is the largest media company in Afghanistan. Moby Group is privately owned, with headquarters in Kabul and 15 bureaus throughout Afghanistan. The company also has an office in Dubai, where regional business is conducted. History ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. Launched in 2004, it became one of the first commercial stations in the country and laid the foundation for an accessible media outlet by offering a large library of shows. A

Dari Persian Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the Variety (linguistics), variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Politics of Afghanistan, Afghan government ...

language channel led and owned by

Tajiks Tajiks ( fa, تاجيک، تاجک, ''Tājīk, Tājek''; tg, Тоҷик) are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Tajik ...

, it is Afghanistan's most popular television channel. The station was launched in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

, and as of November 2007 it was broadcasting in 14 cities in

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and throughout the region by terrestrial antenna and by satellite. Its

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s are

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 Afghanist ...

, on air all day and

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 ...

, in the

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...

language. TOLO was the subject of documentary film in 2012 called ''The Network'', by

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. The film saw limited international release in 2013.

Reality TV

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West Ta East West Ta East (''غرب به شرق'') is an upcoming Afghan reality series created by Ramiz King. The premise of the series is that King and his sister Rohina, who had moved from Afghanistan to Australia as children and lived a comparatively affl ...
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A reality series based on the lives of socialites who have moved back to Afghanistan, trying to relate to ordinary Afghans in a war-torn country. It was created by Ramiz King, who is also one of the main characters on the show, together with his sister Rohina.

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Afghan Star ''Afghan Star'' is a reality television show competition that searches for the most talented singers across Afghanistan. The program broadcasts on the TOLO channel. ''Afghan Star'' premiered in 2005, four years after the fall of the Taliban, w ...
''

TOLO’s first game-show reality programme focused on the competition of singing in between talented people of Afghanistan and judged by the superstars of the industry of Kabul. The programme is an adaptation and remake of the Idol Franchise. The show was the subject of the 2009 documentary film ''Afghan Star'', which won two awards at the 2009

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Programmes

''Raaz Hai Een Khana'' ("The Secrets of This House") took the Special Award at the Seoul Drama Awards in October 2008. Telecast by TOLO and produced by Kaboora Productions, ''Raaz Hai Een Khana'' is the first drama series entirely written, acted, filmed, produced and broadcast by Afghans, for Afghans in Afghanistan. It was selected for a Special Prize amongst 152 entries from 33 countries. In 2010 TOLO TV began ''

Eagle Four ''Eagle Four'' (Oqaab Chaar) is an Afghan 13 part police action/drama series broadcast on Tolo TV. Originally broadcast in 2010, the show is about an elite Afghan Police unit solving crimes and fighting Taliban insurgents. The series was written ...

'', a police drama often compared to the American series 24; it was partially funded by the U.S. government. TOLO TV also broadcasts several foreign programs, including Turkish dramas and the

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series ''Burka Avenger''.

Attacks

On 21 January 2016, a

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

suicide car bomber detonated explosives near a bus carrying staffers from TOLO in Darulaman Road in Kabul, killing at least 7 staff members – including 3 female employees - and wounding 26 others. The attack drew widespread global condemnation, with various world countries, activists and media organizations denouncing it as an attack on

Afghanistan's freedom of press Human rights in Afghanistan have been violated by the Taliban administration since the Fall of Kabul (2021), Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021. The government has prevented most teenage girls from returning to Education in Afghanistan, secon ...

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tolo Tv Television in Afghanistan Mass media in Kabul Television channels and stations established in 2004 Television stations in Afghanistan Persian-language television stations