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(Last Updated On: January 1, 2021) United States of America National Security Council (USNSC) on Thursday condemned recent targeted attacks on Afghan journalists in Afghanistan and called it attacks disgraceful.  The council also said they stand with Afghan journalists.   “We stand with brave Afghan journalists. Targeted attacks against them are disgraceful and cowardly.” USNSC tweeted. “All who care about Afghanistan and its people should strongly condemn these senseless acts,” USNSC added.  Meanwhile, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai the head of the Islamic Republic of Af...

Afghan Journalist Killed in Ghor, 6th in Two Months Bismillah Adil Aimaq, a journalist and civil society activist in Ghor, was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in the city of Feroz Koh, the center of the province, local officials said. Ghor governor's spokesman Mohammad Aref Abir said that Adil was head of a local radio station, Radio Sada-e-Ghor, and was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in Dara-e-Taimoor village on the outskirts of Feroz Koh. This comes a week after a journalist in Ghazni, Rahmatullah Nikzad, who was head of the journalists' union in the province, was kille...

Targeted Killings are Attack on New Generation: Ghani President Ashraf Ghani in a cabinet meeting on Monday said that the attacks on journalists and civil society activists are "an attack on a generation" and an attempt to destabilize the country and demoralize the new generation.  Five journalists and two civil society activists have been killed in various incidents since November 7.  “Recent terrorist attacks on media, civil society and political activists and other members of our citizenry are attacks on a generation and on all the values of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” Gh...

3 Suspects Arrested in Yama Siawash Case: MoI Security forces have arrested three suspects for involvement in the Nov. 7 blast that killed three people, including former TOLOnews anchor Yama Siawash, the interior minister Massoud Andarabi said in a meeting on Sunday.   The meeting was attended by members of the joint committee of the government and the media led by Second Vice President Sarwar Danesh, his office said in a statement.   Recent attacks on journalists and civil society activists were discussed and security agencies reported on their actions for the incidents.   Danesh said t...

Killing Journalists a War Crime: Minister Zuhair 2020-12-24 محمد طاهر زهیر: کشتار خبرنگاران، جنایت جنگی است Kabul (BNA) Addressing a press conference here on Thursday together with deputy minister of publications, Abdul Manan Shiway Sharq, Minister of Information and Culture, Mohammad Tahir Zuhair said that the continued targeted killings of Afghan journalists is a war crime and severely impacting the status of press freedom in Afghanistan, and he called on the Ministry of Interior to define a new security strategy to help ensure security and saf...