Afghan Ariana TV Starts Broadcasting to Helmand Province

Text of report by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website

Lashkargah, 22 February: Private Ariana TV has started broadcasting to [southern] Helmand Province.

An official of the TV station, Abdol Wadud Hejran, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the residents of the province could receive the channel via ordinary antennas.

He described the Ariana TV and radio frequencies as 189.45 and 95.5 respectively.

He added that the network’s TV and radio broadcast reach a radius of some 45 km from the provincial capital, Lashkargah.

Expressing happiness over Ariana’s broadcasts, a local shopkeeper, Qalandar, said that compared to other stations Ariana had better Pashto programmes.

Tolo and Lemar TV channels are already broadcasting to the province.

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