Afghan Press

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) extends its full support to the campaign of protests organised by the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) to demand justice for two journalists murdered within a day of each other last week. In the first of these, Jawed Ahmad, also known as Jo Jo, was driving in the southern [...]

On 2 March, Mullah Haji Mohammad Akbar, famously known as ‘The Father of Saffron in Afghanistan’ was awarded the prestigious Wazir Akbar Khan Medal by President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace for his promotion of saffron in the western Herat province. In 1998, Mullah Akbar became one of the first farmers to be involved [...]