Seventy percent media outlets of the country have stopped functioning due to financial crisis, the Afghanistan National Journalist Union (ANJU) said on Sunday. MasroorLatifi, ANJU spokesperson, told reporters here a survey in this regard was conducted in 28…
Local sources in four provinces have confirmed the closure of 27 print, electronic and digital media outlets after the regime change in capital Kabul. Pajhwok Afghan News held interviews with officials of some media outlets in Kandahar, Balkh,…
Representatives of media outlets on Thursday demanded financial support from the government and the international community after suffering financial losses due to the outbreak of coronavirus In a meeting held at the Ministry of Information and Cultural, representatives…
Dozens of print media outlets have ceased to function owing to financial constrains in western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. Around 40 print media outlets stopped functioning in the Ghor province, said Fakhruddin Aryapur, the provincial…
Journalists in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday said except a few most of government departments refused to share information with them. They said the government was not committed to the spirit of the law on access to information.…
A senior Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) official on Wednesday warned media outlets of legal action and closure over failing to pay taxes in-time. Sayed Aqa Hussain Fazel Sancharaki, MoIC deputy publications head, told a news conference…
President Ashraf Ghani through a decree has exempted media outlets, except TV channels, from paying tax fines, an official said on Tuesday. The presidential order was read out by Abdul Subhan Rauf, deputy head of the Administrative Office…
The Public Media Commission (PMC) on Tuesday warned media outlets failing to renew their licenses in the next six months that they would have to pay double fine and their offices would be closed. Currently more than 1,000…
KABUL party on Tuesday asked the government to make policies for supporting and encouraging media organizations and ensuring their safety. The council’s spokesman, Massoud Tarashtwal, supporting the freedom of speech, said the government should not stay neutral regarding crimes against…
Media organisations on Sunday condemned the death of a media activist in Saturday’s US military airstrike on a Doctors without Borders hospital in northern Kunduz province, urging a thorough investigation. Zarghona Hassan, Radio Kaihan head, told Pajhwok Afghan…
