Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Articles by Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Associated Press Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carrol (L) speaks during the funeral of German photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus in Hoexter, Germany, 12 April 2014, REUTERS/Frank Augstein/Pool

Conviction in attack that killed photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injured correspondent Kathy Gannon

In what is cautiously being seen as a step forward in the fight against impunity in Afghanistan, an Afghan police officer has been found guilty in the death of AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus and the wounding of AP correspondent Kathy Gannon.

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Afghan journalist threatened after reporting on corruption

Abdul Maqsood Azizi, a reporter with Pajhwok Afghan News in Logar province, received a death threat after filing a story on corruption implicating the local governor.

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Local journalist shot dead in northern Afghanistan

Khalid Agha Yaqubi, a 27-year-old employee for a local radio station in northern Afghnistan, was shot dead. The shooter, who was accompanied by two or three people, knocked on the door [of the journalist’s house] and opened fire on him, when his child opened the door.

Journalists protest the imprisonment of Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed in Egypt, outside Al Jazeera offices in Sanaa, Yemen on 25 June 2014. , REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Demand the release of recently sentenced Al Jazeera staff

More than 100 groups and individuals worldwide call on Egyptian President el-Sisi to remove the unjust sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists.

Editor Khaled Hadi, AFJC

Website editor detained in Afghanistan

Calling for the release of website editor Khaled Hadi, AFJC urged the local authorities to respect the Afghan Mass Media law and pursue any complaint they may have through the Mass Media commission.

AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus laughs as she attends a swimming event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, 21 August 2004, REUTERS/STAFF

On eve of Afghan elections, AP photographer killed, reporter wounded

Anja Niedringhaus, a German photographer working with Associated Press, was killed while Canadian AP journalist Kathy Gannon was wounded when an Afghan policeman opened fire on the two women in the southeastern province of Khost.

Link to: Local radio station blown up in eastern Afghanistan

Local radio station blown up in eastern Afghanistan

The Afghanistan Journalists Center condemns a bomb attack on a local private radio station in Kama district, which destroyed the station and forced it to stop broadcasting.

Swedish journalist Nils Horner is pictured in Stockholm, 20 August 2013, REUTERS/Mattias Ahlm/Sveriges Radio/TT Agency

Swedish-British radio journalist gunned down in Kabul

Swedish Radio’s South Asia correspondent, Nils Horner, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Afghan capital, Kabul.