Ariana: Rahmatullah Nikzad was gunned down outside his home in Ghazni province on Monday evening, police have confirmed. Nikzad, who did work for The Associated Press and who was the head of the province’s Journalist Union, reportedly survived a similar attack in September last year. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: NAI – an Organization Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan–reported that over 1,000 female Afghan journalists have left jobs in the industry for various reasons since 2014. NAI said that targeted killings, gender discrimination and low wages are among the key factors that have led to the reduction in the number of female journalists
A radio station run by women for women in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has been awarded the 2020 Reporters Without Borders Prize for Impact. VOA’s Azizullah Popal reports from Kandahar.
Ariana: Afghan Journalist and Ariana News anchor, Fardin Amini, was killed in a suicide attempt Friday morning in Kabul, the Interior Ministry (MoI) confirmed. Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the MoI stated in a tweet that based on evidence, Amini has committed suicide by cutting his neck with a sharp edge stone. Click here to
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 10, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Unknown gunmen killed a female journalist and her driver in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province Thursday morning. Malalai Maiwand was on her way to work in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, when two gunmen opened fire on her car. Haji Zalamy, the director of Enikass radio and television where
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 13, 2020 A surge of targeted killings and assassinations has swept Afghanistan, where violence has soared despite peace efforts aimed at ending the war. Many of those being targeted are civilians — journalists, rights activists, cultural figures, moderate religious leaders, and women in public roles. The latest victim
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
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
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
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