Attack on radio station in Afghanistan kills two journalists
In an attack on the offices of Radio Hamsada in Telagan, Afghanistan, on February 6, two journalists were killed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning this brutal...
Two killed in attack on radio station in Takhar, Afghanistan
On the evening of February 5, 2019, gunmen stormed office of local radio station Hamsada in the center of city of Talegan, provincial capital of Takhar Province. The unidentified gunmen killed two employees in their office. The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan...
Afghanistan: Concerns over media access to upcoming elections
As Afghanistan prepares to go to the polls on October 20, concerns have been raised about the access that provincial journalists will have at polling stations. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists...
Photojournalist killed in targeted attack on election rally in Afghanistan
Photojournalist M Asif Hakimi was among 22 killed in a bomb blast on an election gathering in northern province of Takhar, Afghanistan on October 13. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Afghan Independent Journalists Association...
Two Afghan journalists killed, five injured in back-to-back suicide bombings
Two television journalists were killed and another five injured in a brutal twin blast in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on September 5. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in...
Taliban burn down radio and TV station in Ghazni, Afghanistan
Taliban attacks on Ghazni province in Afghanistan saw the incineration of a local radio and television station; and the death of media technician Mohammad Dawood on Sunday, August 12, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the...
Taliban burned down Ghaznavian Radio and Television Building
Taliban burned down Ghaznavian Radio and Television Building after massive attacks on major parts of Ghazni city on third day long arrmed fighting to control provincial capital. During attack on station, the staff of Ghaznvian Radio and Television were not present...
Afghanistan: AFP driver killed in suicide attack
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the killing of Mohammad Akhtar, a 31-year-old driver for Agence France Presse (AFP), in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, which left a total of 25 people dead. The IFJ demands that the perpetrators...
‘You and this loss will never be forgotten’: The deadly realities of media work in Afghanistan
When video journalist Yar Mohammad Tokhi took his morning ride to the privately-owned TV station in Kabul where he worked, he may have been thinking about his upcoming wedding. He may have been looking forward to a day of photography, followed by an evening with his...
Ten journalists killed in Afghanistan in a single day, after gunmen shot dead BBC reporter
Unknown gunmen killed Ahmad Shah, a journalist with BBC Afghan service, on April 30, 2018 in Khost province, Eastern Afghanistan making the day the deadliest for media as nine other journalists were killed earlier in the day in a suicide attack in Kabul. The...
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Afghanistan: Journalist shot dead in police crossfire
Ahmad Khan Nawid, host of Voice of Ghor Radio, was shot and killed in Firozkoh, Ghor province in police crossfire on May 9. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists' Association (AIJA) are deeply...
Afghanistan: Television journalists wounded in deadly Kabul attack
A reporter and a cameraperson for Kabul News TV were wounded when members of the Islamic State attacked a commemorative event in Kabul on March 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists' Association...
Afghanistan: Kabul Attacks Wounded Two Afghan Journalists
Reporter Mansoor Nikmal and Videographer Ahmad Najim Kargar of Kabul News TV channel were wounded in Kabul attack on March 6, 2020 .Vice President of AIJA went to their office and meet the wounded the journalists. Nikmal was recovering, but Najim Kargar needed further...
India: Journalist killed in car accident
Two people, including a Captain TV journalist were killed in a car accident at Kallankattupudur in Tamil Nadu on February 18. The IFJ is saddened on the death and urges all journalists to remain safe when reporting. B Chandrasekar, 36, who worked as a reporter for...
AIJA urges to ease free flow of information
Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) is deeply concerned about the deterioration of access to government-related information in Afghanistan. Despite the fact that Afghanistan is one of the deadliest places to be a journalist, Afghan media is still the...
Afghanistan: Journalist injured in deadly military convoy blast
A roadside bomb in Helmand province in Afghanistan seriously injured a reporter travelling in a military convoy on November 30, 2019. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists' Association (AIJA), call for...
South Asia: Justice needed for 12 journalists murdered in South Asia in 2019
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says 12 journalist deaths this year in South Asia are yet to have the murderers identified, let alone punished, pointing to an abject failure by governments to deal with a crisis of impunity in the region. The IFJ and...