Afghan newsstands are a little less diverse these days, but their readership doesn't seem to mind.
At least some residents in Kabul said they welcomed the government's decision to ban Pakistani newspapers from being sold inside Afghanistan.
(SOUNDBITE) (Pashto)MOHAMMAD NAIEM, RESIDENT OF KABUL; SAYING:
"We appreciate the decision made by the Afghan interior ministry regarding the banning of Pakistani newspapers. It is a right decision because the Pakistani papers were publishing propaganda and anti-government rhetoric."
(SOUNDBITE) (Dari) MOHAMMAD SAMIM, NEWSPAPER SELLER; SAYING:
"We are so delighted that Afghan interior ministry banned the entry of Pakistani papers into Afghanistan. We welcome this decision."
On Sunday, authorities confirmed they were banning the newspapers over claims of anti-government propaganda aimed at Kabul.
The papers had also published speeches by Taliban insurgents, worrying Afghan officials that nascent peace talks could be at risk.
Ties between the two nations are tense due months of cross-border shelling and operations targeting insurgents along their shared border ahead of the NATO pullout in 2014.