Free Media Support Organization (NAI) has asked conflicting sides to give priority to the protection of journalists and media offices, according to a statement on Friday. According to reports from the Dihraud district of Uruzgan province the Taliban…
Free media advocacy organisation NAI has asked the government to seek apology from illegally fired Ministry of Interior officials, reinstate them and act in line with the country’s law in this regard. First Vice-President AmrullahSaleh had illegally sacked…
A free media advocacy group on Thursday slammed the government for failing to protect its citizens, including journalists. NAI hit out at the security organs a day after the shooting of a radio journalist by unidentified gunmen in…
KABUL’s rights and freedom of expression --- to peace negotiators in Doha. The intra-Afghan talks, originally scheduled to begin ten days after the US and the Taliban signed an agreement on Feb 29, were delayed for six months that saw…
KABUL) to release journalist Mahbobullah Hakimi in southern Zabul province. In a statement, NAI said Hakimi, a reporter with Banyan Radio in Zabul province, was in NDS captivity since last Wednesday. The organization said: “In a video posted on social…
Free media support organization, NAI, on Wednesday the summoning of Pajhwok Afghan News editor in chief to the Wolesi Jirga in connection with a report on smuggling of 32 ventilators was against the law. In a statement, NAI…
Free media supporting organization (NAI) on Monday rejected the Ministry of Interior (MoI)’s curbs on security officials’ interview as illegal and demanded a legal review of the order. The MoI on its official Facebook page wrote: “None of…
Media Support Organization (Nai) has backed media outlets demand for access to legitimate information believed that any type of restriction on access to information was against the current law in the country, a statement said on Tuesday. Barriers…
KABUL in its annual report issued yesterday. Abdul MujibKhilwatgar, Nai head, told a press conference here that violence against journalists reduced significantly in 2019, particularly after creation of a joint committee of government and media and other committees responding to…
A new survey shows more than half of journalists are unsatisfied with government’s spokespersons, particularly of the ministries of interior and defense. The result of the survey conducted by Nai, a free media supporting group in Afghanistan, was…
KABUL Nai has said the situation of media outlets in southwestern Nimroz province was worrisome and some were offered financial aid from outside. Mujib Khelwatgar, head of Nai, told a press conference in Kabul that six newspapers were closed down…
Free media advocacy group NAI on Monday expressed concern over the killing of 53 journalists under the National Unity Government (NUG) --- four times higher compared to former president Hamid Karzai’s rule. Addressing reporters here, NAI chief Abdul…
Free media supporting group NAI on Thursday said torching media installations and threatening local journalists against working in Ghazni province was against ‘the freedom of expression’ and Islamic and the country’s laws. Abdul Mujib Khelwatgar, NAI executive chief,…
Free media advocacy group NAI on Thursday six journalists had been warned by security officials in southern Kandahar province against going out of their homes by citing “security threats”. Mujib Khelwatgar, NAI chief executive, told a press conference…
Despite multiple challenges, the number of female employees in the media in different provinces has increased, said free media advocacy group NAI on Sunday. NAI director Mujib Khelwatgar told reporters here their findings showed the number of working…
Among every 10 Afghan journalists, five have been refusing investigation into incidents of violence happened to them, a media advocacy group, NAI, said Thursday. NAI Director Abdul Mujib Khelwatgar told reporters in Kabul that according to a survey,…
NAI, an open media supporting organization, on Sunday said nearly 200 local media outlets had been in financial problems for years, asking the government to exonerate the media from paying taxes. The organization expressed concern about journalists’ security…
KABUL, when a dozen reporters were killed, a free media advocacy group said on Wednesday. NAI, which supports free media in Afghanistan, said it findings showed 116 incidents of violence including 12 murders, 23 injuries, three arrest, 15 beating and…
