First Lady Rula Ghani on Thursday asked media outlets not to employ female workers and journalists based on their physical attraction and youngness, but prioritize their qualification and abilities. She was addressing the second anniversary ceremony of Women…
Amnesty International (AI) has called for a comprehensive probe into the killing of two journalists in northern Takhar province. The journalists -- Shafiq Aria and Rahimullah Rahmani -- were shot dead by gunmen inside the studios of Radio…
Journalists in northern Baklh province on Saturday threatened to withdraw coverage of government activities if government officials continued to deny sharing information with the media. The journalists, who held a gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif, the Balkh capital, said that…
KABUL emerged as the deadliest country for media workers in 2018, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), During the outgoing year, 18 journalists were killed in the conflict-torn country, followed by Mexico with 11, Yemen with nine and Syria…
KABUL has emerged as the deadliest country for journalists worldwide, says a report from Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In 2018, 15 journalists were killed in Afghanistan, followed by Syria with 11 deaths, the Paris-based watchdog said in its annual report…
Journalists in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday asked the government to ensure ‘safe and sound’ recovery of a kidnapped private television head. The journalists, who assembled in Jalalabad City, the provincial capital, said the abduction of the private…
Journalists associated with local and foreign media outlets in southeastern Paktia province on Friday announced boycotting the coverage of government and Taliban activities until they are allowed timely access to information. The decision to boycott the warring sides…
Two journalists were killed and five others wounded in Wednesday’s twin suicide bombings at a wrestling club in Kabul on Wednesday. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the site was cordoned off after the blast…
Afghan intelligence operatives on Thursday beaten up some media workers covering a suicide bombing happened on Thursday morning, and broken their cameras. Four security officials, including a civilian were killed and five others wounded as a result of…
Afghan intelligence operatives on Thursday beaten up some media workers covering a suicide bombing happened on Thursday morning, and broken their cameras. Four security officials, including a civilian were killed and five others wounded as a result of…
Directing serious and prompt measures for protection of journalists, National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar has said educational scholarships would be arranged for children of slain journalists. A statement from the NSA office said the joint government-media committee…
KABUL on Tuesday strongly condemned the deaths of 10 colleagues in a single day in Kabul and southeastern Khost province. Nine journalists were killed and eight others injured in a suicide blast in the Shashdarak area of Kabul. The journalists…
Institutes supporting journalists on Monday named nine journalists who were killed in a twin suicide attack in capital Kabul earlier in the day, insisting such cowardly attacks would not bring down the morale of media activitists.
The Afghan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC) on Thursday announced registering 25 cases of violence against the community in the past three months. Seddiqullah Tawhidi, advocacy in-charge for AJSC, presented the committee’s report for the first quarter of 2018…
KABUL since late March 2017 --- yet another bloodiest year for the community, an advocacy group said Monday. In the past 12 months, around 161 cases of violence against journalists, insults, threats, pressure, destruction of media facilities and equipment and…
Free media advocacy group, NAI, on Monday accused the government of tightening its grip on access to information, saying media people faced hardships in collecting details. Abdul Mujib Khilwatgar, head of Nai, told a press conference in Kabul…
In a first, a fund reserved fund has been set up for journalists in eastern Nangarhar province, the governor’s office said on Tuesday. The initiative of establishing the fund was taken during a meeting attended by media representatives…
KABUL last year that saw violence against the community increasing compared to previous years, a survey released on Thursday said. The findings of Afghanistan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC) show 169 cases of violence against journalists happened in 2017. AJSC head…
KABUL during 2017. Another 250 were jailed. In a statement on Monday, the US-based watchdog detailed journalist casualties, issues and threats over the past one year. The IFJ welcomed the fall from last year’s tally of 93 to 81 in…
Speakers at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the creation of the Joint Committee of Media and Government (JCMG) on Sunday said a number of media outlets were forced to embrace self-censorship. The JCMG since its creation…
Journalists stopped covering the second hackathon in the capital Kabul following the bad behavior of the country’s first lady bodyguards. The Ministry of Higher Education on Saturday organized a hackathon that displayed information technology projects from eight universities…
KABUL Journalists Center (AFJC) on Wednesday said it was disappointed to learn that the Afghan government had failed to co-sponsor the UN resolution on safety of journalists and the issue of impunity. In a statement, the organization said Afghanistan continued…
KABUL Journalists Center (AFJC) on Wednesday said it was disappointed to learn that the Afghan government had failed to co-sponsor the UN resolution on safety of journalists and the issue of impunity. In a statement, the organization said Afghanistan continued…
Journalists in southern Helmand province on Saturday criticized the government for not investigating the case of slain colleague Abdul Samad Rohani despite the passage of nine years. The journalists, who had gathered in Lashkargah, the provincial capital to…
