8am: The Taliban border forces have beaten many journalists in the Torkham passage in Nangarhar province where most people are gathered to go to Pakistan, according to the reports. Sedaqat Ghorzang the Tolo News reporter in eastern provinces who had gone to the Torkham passage to make a report has been beaten by the Taliban
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 21, 2021 Taliban militants have attacked several journalists covering a Kabul rally by a group of women demanding “work, bread, and education,” spurring concerns about the deterioration of the rights situation under Afghanistan’s new rulers. After it toppled the internationally recognized government in Kabul in mid-August, the Taliban claimed it would
Many media outlets across Afghanistan have shut down in the wake of the Taliban takeover, with some journalists leaving the profession or the country out of fear of reprisals. Gul Ahmad Almas is one former freelance journalist whose life has been upended by the new regime. With no income from reporting, he is dependent
Masood Farivar VOA News October 1, 2021 WASHINGTON — Several Afghan news outlets received letters from the Taliban this week, with instructions including on how the group wants to be identified in news coverage. The letter – obtained by VOA – says that news organizations should refer to the Taliban by their official name and prohibits
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 23, 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says a list of rules that the Taliban-led government is requiring Afghan journalists to follow opens the way to “censorship and persecution,” adding to growing international concerns about press freedoms in Afghanistan. RSF warned in a report that the 11 rules to which journalists
The Guardian (UK): Just over a month ago, Zahra Joya left her house in Kabul to walk to her office, as she had been doing every day. From this small office, Joya, a journalist, ran Rukhshana Media, the news agency she founded last year to report on the stories of women and girls across Afghanistan.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 17, 2021 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the Taliban’s “mounting attacks” on press freedoms with at least 153 media organizations being forced to cease operations as the hard-line Islamist group solidifies its rule over the country. In a statement on September 17, the world’s largest organization of journalists also
Two journalists for Kabul-based newspaper Etilaat-e Roz were detained by Taliban militants while covering a protest for women’s rights on September 7. They were released hours later covered in bruises and barely able to walk. RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi spoke to the newspaper’s founder about the beatings and the dangers faced by journalists trying to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 1, 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on the Taliban leadership to provide immediate guarantees for the freedom and safety of female journalists in Afghanistan, where it said hundreds of them have been forced to stay home since the hard-line Islamist group took control of the country more than
Jamie Dettmer VOA News August 25, 2021 “We are really in danger — it is dreadful here now, and they are searching for us,” the 22-year-old Afghan student says. Esin, like other female students, especially those who also worked with Western embassies, missions and NGOs in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as she did, is desperate