īanned in the United Arab Republic due to actor Paul Newman's 'material support for Zionism and Israel'. īanned from all Arab League states because actress Haya Harareet was Israeli. īanned for ten years under Communist government. While briefly lifted under the twenty-year rule of the Islamic Republic, the ban was re-instated upon the return of Taliban rule in 2021.
During the five-year reign of the Islamic Emirate government in Afghanistan, watching film or television was prohibited.
