Tolo News: Jawad Etimad, a journalist, said he was arrested while covering a blast in PD5 of Kabul city. Etimad said he spent two days detained by the Islamic Emirate. Jawad Etimad is working for an online media outlet. “They prevented me from making footage. They beat me with kicks and punches. And then they
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 12, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A court in Afghanistan has sentenced a journalist to one year in prison on charges that free press advocates say included criticism of the Taliban government in his social media posts and “espionage.” A Taliban spokesman said he was sentenced for “criminal misconduct.” Khalid Qaderi, a poet
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: After years of tuning into Tolo programming for hard-hitting news and the exploits of their favorite soap-opera character, Afghans are seeing a stripped-down and covered-up version of news and entertainment. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: That means more than 6,400 journalists lost their jobs, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, said at a ceremony in Kabul Saturday to mark World Press Freedom Day that falls on May 3. She said that four out of five women journalists are no longer working. Click here to read more
Roshan Noorzai VOA News April 29, 2022 WASHINGTON — Afghanistan lost two more local radio stations in April, as economic hardship hits the country’s media community. The stations – Paktia Ghag, in Paktia province, and Sadai Maimana, in Faryab province – cited financial constraints in announcing the closure. “We were not able to pay either the
8am: According to a letter issued by the Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture, from now on, Ghazni media outlets must coordinate their commercial advertisements with the Department of Information and Culture of the province. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban Arrests Cameraman of a Local TV in Balkh Province
8am: Sources told Hasht-e Subh that the Taliban rebels arrested and tortured Moheb Jalili, the host and presenter of 1 TV channel, in the 15th security district of Kabul at 8:00 AM on Saturday night, April 15. In an interview with Hasht-e Subh, Moheb Jalili confirms his detention, saying that he still does not know
8am: Taliban’s Virtue Promoters have destroyed the banners and photographs of 100 journalists from across the 34 provinces of the country pinned on the wall as a memorial of their scarifies for the freedom of speech and press in Afghanistan. They were martyred in various incidents over the past two decades and most of them
VOA Afghan Service April 13, 2022 WASHINGTON — Local media watchdogs in Afghanistan and the United Nations have called on the Taliban to stop the arbitrary detention of local journalists in Afghanistan. Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, in a statement on Thursday, said that the Taliban arrested its provincial representative in central Ghor province along with another
Ariana: Violence against journalists has increased slightly in Afghanistan in the past year, and almost 6,000 media workers have lost their jobs in this time, according to a report released on Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link). Related Journalists in 2021: Media and Freedom of Speech Face Measurable Challenges and Restrictions Imposed by