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Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Killing Afghan TV Journalist
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 17, 2019 KABUL — An affiliate of the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing on March 15 of an Afghan TV journalist in the eastern province of Khost. The group did not say in its March 17 statement why it targeted Sultan Mahmoud Khirkhwa, a
Two Afghan Journalists Killed In Radio Station Attack
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 6, 2019 Two journalists have been shot and killed after unidentified gunmen stormed a radio station in northeastern Afghanistan, their colleagues and officials say, the latest deadly attack on reporters in the war-torn country. Shafiq Arya and Rahimullah Rahmani, both in their 20s, died at the scene, said Semin Hussaini,
Taliban Kills a Journalist in Farah
Ariana: The Taliban executed a journalist (Javid Noori) who was traveling on a bus with around 30 other passengers in western Farah province when it was stopped and searched at a Taliban roadblock, Reporters without Borders (RSF) said in a statement. Click here to read more (external link). Related Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday reiterated
Afghan Court Sentences Three Men In BBC Journalist Murder Case
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 3, 2019 An Afghan court has convicted three men for their alleged involvement in the murder of a BBC journalist last year, officials say. A primary court in the Bagram district of the central Parwan Province, where the accused are imprisoned, sentenced one of the men to death, the Attorney
Journalist Group Says 94 Working In Media Killed In 2018, Topped By Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 31, 2018 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says the number of killings of working journalists and news staff increased in 2018, ending an overall decline experienced in recent years, with Afghanistan topping the danger list. The trade association said in its annual report released on December 31 that 94
Free Speech Or Insult? Afghan TV Network Gives Live Interview To Taliban Spokesman
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 1TV, conducted a live telephone interview with the Taliban’s main spokesman, Zabilullah Mujahid, about the three-day talks between U.S. officials and Taliban representatives in the United Arab Emirates, part of the effort to negotiate an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year war. While the Taliban spokesman did not say anything new or particularly inflammatory,
Jamal Khashoggi’s ‘Disappearance’ Highlights Growing Threat to Journalists
Jamie Dettmer VOA News October 15, 2018 LONDON — The threat is growing — and so, too, the toll. Forty-eight journalists have been killed so far this year, according to a VOA tally, adding to the thousand killed in the past decade-and-half. Some died on dangerous reporting assignments in conflict zones as they courted similar risks
53 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan since 2015: NAI
Ariana: Fifty-three journalists have been killed in Afghanistan since 2015, a media advocacy group, NAI said on Monday. NAI chief Abdul Mujib Khilwatgar told reporters that they record death of 13 journalists on average each year in the National Unity Government and that overall 53 journalists have been killed in last four years in the country. Click
Journalism as jihad in Afghanistan
CJR: In 1985… [US] Congress approved a $500,000 grant for the United States Information Agency, a department devoted to “public diplomacy,” to establish a journalism school for Afghan rebels. According to Alvin Snyder, who worked for the agency at the time, arming guerrillas with minicams was a simple, cost-effective way to deliver press attention. “Imagine the