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Journalists in Balkh on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of Nemat Rawan, a former TOLOnews anchor who was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kandahar o

Afghan Media Reacts to Killing of Former TOLOnews Anchor Afghanistan’s journalist community has strongly reacted to the assassination of Nemat Rawan, a former TOLOnews anchor who was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kandahar on Thursday morning. The Presidential Palace in a statement condemned the killing of Rawan and denounced the continuation of the war as against Islamic principles. The Palace described the killing as an act of terrorism. The Afghan Journalists Safety Commit...

National Journalist Day Comes Amid Rising Attacks on Media Afghanistan on Wednesday observed National Journalists Day, as the level of violence against journalists and media workers has dramatically increased.  According to statistics, at least 11 journalists and media workers were killed in Afghanistan during various incidents and over 100 media workers and journalists lost their jobs for various reasons, in the last solar year.  Khairul Banat has worked in a private media outlet for the p...

Afghan Journalist Wounded in Armed Attack in Faryab An Afghan journalist was Qutbuddin Kohi was wounded in an attack by unidentified armed men the city of Maimana in the northern province Faryab on Thursday evening.  Kohi, who works as a journalist with the Pajhwok News Agency, was on the way to his home when he was attacked by unidentified armed men.   “Three bullets were fired. I rushed and as I got back up and I was about to open the car’s door and I saw the gunmen fleeing in a white...

Findings on Journalist Killings Still Not Public The Afghan government’s investigation into the systematic murders of the Afghan journalists and civil society activists has created some confusion among the people. A month ago, officials from Afghanistan’s intelligence agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced that the NDS forces had arrested a number of suspects allegedly involved in the killing of Afghan journalists, including the assassination of former TOLOnews’ p...

2. Zainab Mirzaee: 3. Mehri Azizi: 4. Mariam Ibrahimi: 5. Mohammad Hussain: 6. Mohammad Ali Mohammadi: 7. Hussain Amiri   The attack on Moby Group employees drew widespread global condemnation, with various countries, activists and media organizations denouncing it as attack on the freedom of expression.     The journalist community in Afghanistan now faces a new waves of targeted killings that has begun in recent months.     A recent report indicates that four anchors, three reporters and...

Protesters: Afghan Govt Reluctant to Defend Media Journalists in Afghanistan on Saturday criticized the Afghan government for its "reluctance" to protect the journalist community amid the recent spate of targeted killings.   This came hours after an angry mob, including the imam of a mosque, attacked Zohra Radio, a local radio station in the city of Kunduz, damaging equipment and the building.       “In the past, we were afraid of armed opponents, but now we feel fear from our own peopl...

Mural Painted in Protest Against Killing of Journalists A deaf Afghan painter named Milad Mohammadi has painted the portrait of former TOLOnews’ presenter Yama Siawash on a wall in Kabul city to protest the recent attacks on journalists in Afghanistan.   The painter describes the journalists as the heroes of press freedom in Afghanistan, asking the Afghan government to probe the murder of journalists.   Meanwhile, a number of journalists and members of the civil society in various provinc...

RSF to Approach Intl Courts Over Afghan Journalist Deaths Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stated that the Afghan government does not have the capacity to investigate the murder cases of Afghan journalists,  and the organization will lodge a complaint with the International courts This comes as the Afghan government has been insisting that the Taliban were behind the attacks on the Afghan journalists, something the Taliban have always denied. The Taliban on Wednesday released a statement in w...

7 Journalists, 1 Media Worker Killed in 2020 in Afghanistan A report indicates that four anchors, three reporters and a cameraman have lost their lives in terrorist incidents in different parts of the country in 2020. This number was similar to 2019 but the level of threats to journalists and media workers has been unprecedentedly high in recent months and continues unabated.  The Afghanistan Journalists Center, in a report published Saturday, says in 2020 Daesh was responsible for killing t...