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(Last Updated On: January 2, 2021) In a series of tweets, the Afghanistan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) slammed the Ghor provincial government for its lack of cooperation in helping to safeguard the life of slain journalist Bismillah Adil.    This comes after Adil and the AJSC repeatedly requested support from Ghor provincial government regarding his safety.      AJSC said on Twitter: “AJSC condemns the indifference of the local government in Ghor towards repeated requests by AJSC’s local representative and Bismillah Adil for his safety.    “In the light of ex...

Afghan Govt’s Security Policy for Journalists Questioned Journalists and the Ministry of Information and Cutlure (MoIC) on Saturday criticized the Afghan security agencies for failing to address the threats facing journalists community in Afghanistan, saying the government has relied on issuing condemnation statements instead of taking action against such acts.  “No one should be killed only few kilometers away from the highly important political and security institutions,” said Tahir Zuhair, acting Minister of Information and Culture. “They never took practical measure regarding t...

Kabul, Jan. 1, 2021 An Afghanistan journalist, Bismillah Adil Aimaq, was on Friday assassinated by some armed men in Dara-e-Taimoor Village on the outskirts of Feroz Koh in Ghor locality, reports said. Adil, who was also a civil society activist in Ghor, was the sixth journalist to be killed in two months. Mohammad Aref Abir, Ghor governor’s spokesman, said Adil, who was the head of a local radio station, Radio Sada-e-Ghor, was killed in the attack by the armed men, TOLO News reported. On Dec. 21, 2020, Afghanistan journalist Rahmatullah Nikzad, who was also the head of journalists’ union...

Afghan Journalist Laid to Rest in Ghor, Family Calls for Justice The body of Bismillah Adil Aimaq, a journalist and civil society activist in Ghor, who was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in the city of Feroz Koh on Friday, was laid to rest in his hometown in Ghor province on Saturday.  Aimaq’s father said the Afghan security agencies did nothing to foil attack on his son. He called on judicial institutions to identity the attackers and serve them justice. “The enemies of my dear son should be punished as soon as possible. If the government does not take action in this respect...

Afghanistan: Gunmen kill prominent journalist and activist Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed Bismillah Adil Aimaq, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist. Afghanistan is ranked among the deadliest countries in the world for journalists. Feroz Koh is located in central Afghanistan Gunmen in western Afghanistan opened fire on the car of journalist Bismillah Adil Aimaq on Friday, killing him but leaving others traveling in the vehicle unharmed, the spokesman for the governor of Ghor province said. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the killing. It is the latest in a ser...