Afghan Press

The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is relieved to learn that the United States Department of Defence has finally released journalist Jawed Ahmad, who had been held without charge at Bagram air base in Afghanistan since last October.
Ahmad was on assignment for Canadian Television (CTV) when he was arrested by US military forces at [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply disturbed over a report that the chief editor of a radio station in the northern Afghan province of Faryab has been threatened with possible closure of her station by the provincial governor.
Rona Shirzai, the owner and chief editor of Radio Quyash, based in the provincial capital of [...]