VOA News Ayaz Gul February 2, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan said Tuesday that airstrikes conducted with the support of the United States in a restive eastern region have destroyed an Islamic State radio station along with its Internet communications and other facilities. The air raids also killed 29 Islamic State fighters, including five staff at
NBC News: A Facebook page modeled on the wildly popular #BeLikeBill meme targeting social media misconduct and encouraging good behavior is going viral in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 30, 2016 Afghan officials say a TV journalist has been shot dead by unknown assailants in eastern Nangarhar Province. Haji Mohammad Zubair Khaksar, who was a Nangarhar correspondent for Afghanistan’s national TV and Radio network, was gunned down in Surkhrod district, the office of the provincial governor said on January
VOA News Zabihullah Ghazi January 27, 2016 JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN—The Islamic State group in Afghanistan has added new programming to its radio broadcasts that the Afghan government has failed to take off the air. The IS-run FM station “Voice of the Caliphate,” which broadcasts from a remote mobile transmitter on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, this week added
Ariana News: A group from Afghanistan’s Lower House of the Parliament want to expel Homa Sultani after she made a post on her Facebook page praising the Taliban for killing 7 members of the media working for Tolo TV, and injuring dozens of others. Click here to read more (external link).
The New York Times: As the fate of Helmand Province hung in the balance last month during a withering Taliban offensive, the province’s deputy governor, Mohammad Jan Rasoolyar, found his urgent pleas for help from the central government going unheeded. So he did what millions of other people do every day: He ranted on Facebook. Click
Khaama Press: Following the deadly attack on a bus carrying journalists in Kabul, Afghanistan Radio and Television Union (ARTU) that promotes cooperation and support for Radio and Television networks in Afghanistan urged government to form a special unit of security forces to protect journalists and media organizations. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: An Afghan lawmaker has admitted she praised Taliban attack on a TV station that left seven people dead. Homa Sultani, an MP representing central Ghazni province, wrote on her Facebook profile that she was grateful for the “martyrdom-seeking attack” describing the victims as “filthy” and “bastards”. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 22, 2016 Afghan authorities say they have arrested eight members of the Haqqani militant network blamed for a deadly suicide attack on a bus carrying employees of the country’s biggest TV station. The National Directorate for Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, said in a statement on January 22 that those
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A deadly Taliban suicide bombing against Afghanistan’s leading private media group, Tolo News, sparked strong domestic and international outrage and condemnation as an assault on freedom of speech. The bombing happened in a western part of Kabul Wednesday evening, when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into