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Blast Kills Afghan Journalist Working for US Media Outlet

12th November, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

My colleague and dear friend, Elyas Dayee, lost his life in a terrorist attack this morning in Lashkargah. He was gentleman. Always had signature smile. This is a terrible news. Elyas, you will be remembered dearly. pic.twitter.com/C2rf8Baw5S — Sami Mahdi (@Samiullah_mahdi) November 12, 2020 By Ayaz Gul VOA News November 12, 2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – A

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Media, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Ashraf Ghani Government, Helmand |
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Ariana television signs deal to air MMA contests

12th November, 2020 · admin

Ariana: Ariana television clinched the broadcasting rights on Thursday in Kabul for the Hosharafu Fighting Championships (HFC) Mixed Martial Arts Organization and promoter of Pro-Fights. The MMA competition, which will soon be launched in Kabul, will be broadcast live every two months on Ariana television. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Sports News, Media | Tags: Afghan MMA |
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Former TV News Presenter Killed In Kabul Car Bombing

7th November, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 7, 2020 Two senior employees of Afghanistan’s Central Bank, including a former popular TV news presenter, have been killed in a car bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police said. A bomb attached to the vehicle of Yama Siawash, a former presenter on Afghanistan’s Tolo TV, exploded early on November

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Media, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Yama Siawash |
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Afghanistan, Pakistan Singled Out For ‘Entrenched’ Impunity In Killings Of Journalists

30th October, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 29, 2020 Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Russia remain near the top on the list of countries where the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says “impunity” in cases of murdered journalists is “entrenched.” The New York-based watchdog’s 2020 Global Impunity Index highlighted a total of 12 countries where “journalists are singled out for murder

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists |
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Afghan National Sought In 2008 Kidnapping Of Journalists To Face Trial In U.S.

29th October, 2020 · admin · 7 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 29, 2020 U.S. federal authorities have announced that an Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face trial for the 2008 kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times and two other men in Afghanistan. The six-count indictment against Haji Najibullah was unsealed in a New York

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Media, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Journalists |
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Ahead of Peace Talks, Taliban Detail Position on Women’s Rights, Press Freedom, Civilian Casualties

29th September, 2020 · admin · 2 Comments
Posted in Afghan Women, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Media, Peace Talks, Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Afghan central bank’s Ajmal Ahmadi under fire for blocking critics on Twitter

25th August, 2020 · admin

1TV: Criticism on Ahmadi mounted in recent days over reports that his salary was $500 per day at the time when he was an adviser to the ministry of finance. Ahmadi has also faced criticism over his meeting in the bank with a person convicted of embezzlement and also electricity outage for several hours in

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Media, Political News | Tags: Ajmal Ahmadi, Da Afghanistan Bank |
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Why Afghan government is pushing more Taliban-style policies

21st August, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

The Christian Science Monitor: Afghanistan’s government has a delicate balancing act. As it jockeys for position ahead of talks with the Taliban, it must maintain support from both progressive and conservative segments of the Afghan people. In the late 1990s, when the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, the hard-line Islamists imposed a range of restrictions on Afghan

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Posted in Afghan Women, Media, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government |
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Concerns raised around peace talks after journalists have Qatar visas rejected

12th August, 2020 · admin

Ariana: The Afghan media on Wednesday voiced concern over the upcoming intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha after Qatar visas for local journalists were not approved. Members of the public also objected to the move saying talks should not be held behind closed doors and that the people of Afghanistan have the right to be kept

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Posted in Media, Peace Talks, Taliban | Tags: censorship, Qatar-Afghanistan Relations |
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Watchdog Urges Kabul To Observe Media Law After Journalists Arrested, Harassed

9th July, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 9, 2020 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the recent arrests of two journalists in Afghanistan and the “harassment” to which the Pajhwok Afghan News agency is being subjected by the authorities. In a statement on July 9, the Paris-based media freedom watchdog urged the Afghan authorities and security officials to

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Posted in Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, Press Freedom |
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