KABUL in 2017, another bloody year for and media workers in the war-torn country, a global watchdog said on Wednesday.
On the 2018 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) of Reporters Without Boarders (RSF), Afghanistan was ranked 118th. Norway was ranked number one and North Korea placed at the rock bottom.
The WPFI reflected growing animosity towards journalists. Hostility towards the media is openly encouraged by political leaders, with efforts of authoritarian regimes posing a threat to democracies . . .
