Radio Free Afghanistan March 3, 2021 KABUL — Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a Kabul University professor and religious scholar in the Afghan capital, a day after three female employees of a television channel were gunned down in the east of the war-torn country. A Kabul police spokesman said the university lecturer, Faiz Mohammad Fayez,
RFE/RL’s Tajik Service March 2, 2021 A high-ranking Afghan politician has found himself at the center of a scandal in Tajikistan involving $15 million in cash and some 90 kilos of gold bars seized from smugglers at the Dushanbe airport in November. Mohammad Mirza Katawazai, the deputy chairman of the Afghan parliament, angrily rejects the
Radio Free Afghanistan February 28, 2021 The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) says that a Taliban commander killed three family members of a slain journalist in the central province of Ghor. Journalist Bismillah Adel Aimaq, the editor-in-chief of a private radio station in Ghor Province, was shot dead by unknown gunmen on January 1.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 26, 2021 Three family members of a slain journalist in western Afghanistan have been shot dead by gunmen amid a rising wave of killings targeting journalists and civil society activists. At least five others were wounded in the attack late on February 25 on the home of Afghan journalist and
By Radio Free Afghanistan February 15, 2021 The United Nations said at least 65 journalists and human rights activists have been killed in Afghanistan in the past three years in a series of targeted killings. The UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan said in a report released on February 15 that the number includes 32 human rights defenders and
A weekly newspaper run by a team of female journalists is thriving in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, despite threats against journalists in parts of the country. Gulrahim Niazman from VOA’s Afghan service has more in the report narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 4, 2021 Sahar Gul Amirzai Ajmal Arian Abubakar Siddique A spate of recent journalist killings and attacks on media in Afghanistan is prompting some Afghan journalists to leave their jobs while others fear for their lives daily. The mounting environment of fear across the country raises questions about the future
Roshan Noorzai VOA News January 21, 2021 WASHINGTON – A recent string of targeted killings in Afghanistan has created an atmosphere of fear among Afghan journalists who say they cannot carry out their duties under growing threats. The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, a local media advocacy group, has warned that the country might lose one
AP: An angry mob ransacked a local radio station in northern Afghanistan last week after a mosque imam incited the attackers, claiming loud music played by the station had interfered with his prayer service, an international journalists group said on January 19. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Media support bodies in Afghanistan have accused government of not properly investigating the targeted killings of journalists adding that because of this and the high level of threats they face, some have already left the country. “Unfortunately violence against journalists has not reduced, because government has not followed up on the cases of journalists