Journalist threatened by provincial police chief in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalist Association (AIJA) in expressing serious concern over recent incidents of press freedom violations in Afghanistan. The IFJ demands a thorough investigation to ensure that such...
Afghan journalists assaulted by police covering New Year celebrations
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalist Association (AIJA) in condemning the assault on TV journalists in Balkh Province, Afghanistan by a police officer on March 22. The IFJ demands immediate action against the police...
Afghan Cameraman receives death threats
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the death threat to a television cameraperson by a hospital manager in the Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan. The IFJ urges the...
Afghan journalist detained for a day over news
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the detention of a television journalist on February 4 in Lashkargah, the provincial capital of Helmand, Afghanistan. The...
Radio journalist faces intimidation in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the intimidation of a radio journalist by the government officials in Farah province, western Afghanistan. The IFJ demands that...
Journalism has an increasingly murderous price in Asia Pacific
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched the IFJ list of journalists and media staff killed in 2016, documenting the deaths of colleagues killed in the line of duty. In the Asia-Pacific region, 28 journalists were brutally murdered in 2016, an...
Radio journalist beaten by Afghan politician’s bodyguards
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the attack on a radio journalist in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan on January 26. The IFJ demands immediate...
Deadly year in Afghanistan continues: thirteenth journalist killed
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), in condemning the killing of a senior journalist in Afghanistan. The IFJ and AIJA jointly demand immediate and transparent investigations...
Police attack radio journalist during live program in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the attack on a radio journalist by police inside a radio station in Firozkoh, central Afghanistan. The IFJ demands immediate action against the...
Journalist killed in explosion in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the killing of a journalist in an explosion in Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan on Friday, November 4. The IFJ demands...
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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...
Afghanistan: Nine journalists killed in Kabul suicide attack
According to reports, 9 journalists, including a female journalist, were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan in back-to-back suicide attacks, the second of which targeted the journalists on April 30, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined the...
Unidentified gunmen shoot TV journalist dead in Kandahar
Two unknown gunmen shot dead Kabul News TV journalist Abdul Manan Arghand, 31, on April 25, 2018 at Yarana Market in the outskirts of Kandahar city, Afghanistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the killing of journalist Arghand and...
Deadly weekend in Afghanistan, journalist safety under attack
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) raise serious concerns about the deteriorating safety situation in Afghanistan after three separate attacks across the country. The IFJ demands...