Security forces have arrested a local radio journalist five days ago in central Uruzgan province, colleagues and family members said on Saturday. The Association of Independent Journalists in a press release said Shamsullah Shams, who works with Salam…
Journalist Ikram Ismati claims he has been beaten by “security forces”, but police say no such incident has happened. They promised arresting the perpetrators. Ismati alleged he was stopped at a checkpoint in limits of the 5th police…
The deputy head of the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) has gone missing in central Kapisa province. AIJA said on Monday: “Abdul Hanan Mohammadi’s family informed the association’s leadership of the journalist disappearing in Hisa-i-Awal district on Sunday…
A female journalist, who started her own business three years ago, has now hired 100 women in a clothing shop where she also provides tailoring classes. MarziaHafizi, who has worked as news and political programs presenter at Tolo…
A TV journalist has been gunned down by armed robbers in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, officials say. Athar Mateen, senior producer at Samaa TV, was shot dead in the North Nazimabad area of the city on Friday,…
Deputy head of the Journalists Association in southern Ghazni province, Rahmatullah Marjankhel, was detained and savagely beaten on Wednesday by Taliban security personnel. Marjankhel, who was released with mediation of other journalists, said two Taliban gunmen detained and…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a local journalist in the Karak district of Pakistan’ northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident occurred in the Batani Khel area, of the Karak Police Station. The victim was identified as Waseem Alam,…
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday condemned the assassination of journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad and asked security organs to investigate the incident and punish those involved. Nekzad died in hospital after being shot injured by unknown gunmen in the capital…
Ariana News presenter Faridin Amini died on Friday under mysterious circumstances. Police and Amini’s colleagues confirmed the journalist’s death but offered no details. Circumstances leading up to the death of Amini remain unclear. However, Ministry of Interior spokesman…
The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have ‘forgiven’ the killers of their father; an announcement analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicted people on death row, a media report said on Friday. Khashoggi — a royal family…
Police detained a private radio and television head in eastern Nangarhar province for some hours after he accused the provincial Attorney Office of releasing criminals under unclear circumstances. Attal Khan Stanikzai, head of ‘Hamisha Bahar’ private radio and…
Media Support Organisation (NAI) has expressed concern over attack on Photojournalist Massoud Hussaini and asked security officials to investigate the incident, a statement from the media watch dog said on Thursday. Hussaini, a well-known photojournalist of the country…
A local television journalist was beaten and harassed by police in southern Ghazni province over violating the ban on pillion riding. Mohammad Arif Noori, the provincial journalists’ union chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News TV journalist Aftab and his…
Unknown gunmen shot dead a reporter for the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) in southern Zabul province on Sunday evening, police said. Zabul police chief Gen. Mirwais Noorzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the RTA reporter for southern Kandahar…
Unknown gunmen shot dead a reporter for the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) in southern Zabul province on Sunday evening, police said. Zabul police chief Gen. Mirwais Noorzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the RTA reporter for southern Kandahar…
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai was frustrated with American policies particularly after the Obama administration coming into power, an American journalist who spent three years in Kabul said Monday. “I saw his journey from being a poppet president…
Young writer and journalist Bashir Ahmad Reyan’s body was found in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province, the Khabaryal Website chief editor said on Tuesday. A student of the Kandahar University, Reyan wrote more than 20…
A journalist and cultural advisor to the governor has been gunned down in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Zubair Khaksar, working for the government-run Nangarhar Radio and Television network, was shot dead in Surkhrod…
A gathering was held in honour of noted Afghan journalists and writer Daud Junbish in Mehtarlam, the capital of eastern Laghman province. Head of Danish Publications Asadullah Danish told the gathering Junbish had been working in the field…
Noted journalists and TV and radio newscaster Jan Aqa Alokozai passed away at a hospital in Prague, a relative said on Tuesday. Journalist Mohammad Hassan Wolesmal, also Alokozai’s father-in-law, said Alokozai died on Tuesday after a protracted battle…
The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) on Thursday recorded 39 cases of threats and violence against journalists during the first half of 2015, making the government responsible for 72% of the cases of threat and violence against journalists…
