Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires, published by Pegasus Books in New York, is an in-depth analysis of the conflicts currently taking place in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The author sees Afghanistan as defined by distinct but interconnected conflicts that are currently shaping its future. The book concentrates on the realities of these conflicts in Afghanistan. In Pakistan, [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), in expressing concerns about efforts by Afghanistan ’s Government to censor television live coverage of militant attacks.
The proposed ban was discussed at a meeting at Afghanistan ’s National Security Directorate between authorities and some key media outlets on March [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes efforts by its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), to engage in constructive dialogue with Afghanistan ’s Interior Ministry after a series of attacks by police on journalists this week.
Wahkt News Agency (WNA) cameraman and photographer Mohammad Naeem was brutally assaulted by police from Kabul [...]
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 [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands an explanation from the United States Government for the continued detention without charge of Afghan journalist Jawed Ahmad.
According to the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, Ahmad was on assignment for Canadian Television (CTV) when he was arrested by US military forces at Kandahar airport on [...]
UNDP Afghanistan Dari and Pashto websites launched by Ms. Fadzai Gwaradzimba, UNDP Chief, South and West Asia Division, Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) today 28 May 2008. Following UNDP audiences’ demand which includes governmental partners, media, academia, university students and Afghan public in getting more information on UNDP activities in local languages, [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is increasingly concerned about the dangers for journalists and media workers in Afghanistan , after another journalist was injured in a suicide bomb blast on April 29.
Eighteen people were reported killed in the blast in Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, close to the border with Pakistan , according to [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed at a report of a grenade attack on the home of a female radio journalist in Herat province, Afghanistan . It is the second attack on radio producer Khadija Ahadi’s home in two weeks.
The Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, reports that unidentified gunmen [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its associate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), in expressing growing concern about the Government of Afghanistan bowing to pressure from hardliners seeking to obstruct Afghan journalists’ hard-won right to freedom of expression and an independent media.
AIJA has called for public discussion about freedom of expression and [...]