Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Articles by Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Afghanistan: AFJC welcomes the release of journalist Abdulhannan Mohammadi after four months in jail

Afghanistan Journalists Center said that journalist Abdul Hannan Mohammadi of Pajhwok Afghan News should not have been arrested in the first place because he was simply doing his job.

Afghanistan: 245 cases of media violations in first year of Taliban rule

A new report by the Afghanistan Journalists Center shows that over half of 600 media outlets, including radio and television, print and online, have ceased operations, and over 60% of journalists and media employees have been unable to work since the Taliban took power.

Self-exiled Afghan journalists left in the lurch in Pakistan

Afghanistan Journalists Center continues to urge the international community to support the safe resettlement of at-risk Afghan journalists and media workers.

Afghan security forces stand near an armoured vehicle during ongoing fighting with Taliban fighters, in the Busharan area, near Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, 5 May 2021, SIFATULLAH ZAHIDI/AFP via Getty Images

Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban militants kill a media center manager and kidnap a journalist

Taliban forces are accused of attacking several journalists in Afghanistan. The latest victims were Afghan media center manager Toofan Omari who was killed in Kabul, while journalist Nematullah Hemmat was kidnapped in Helmand province.

Lit candles are placed next to portraits of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, during a vigil by the Press Club India (PCI) and the working news cameraman association (YWCA), New Delhi, India, 17 July 2021, Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in southern Afghanistan

The Afghanistan Journalists Center is calling for an investigation after Reuters journalist Ahmad Danish Siddiqui was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters. He is the sixth journalist to be killed in Afghanistan this year.

Afghan security force members stand at the site of the blast in Kabul, 3 June 2021, Sayed Mominzadah/Xinhua via Getty Images

News anchor Mina Khairi killed in Kabul blast

Female news anchor Mina Khairi of Ariana News was killed in an IED blast on 3 June. She is the fifth journalist and media worker to be killed in 2021 in Afghanistan.

A photo depicting a crowd of mourners at the funeral of journalist Malalai Maiwand. Maiwands casket is also pictured in front of the crowd

A global call for the UN Security Council to act against the killing of journalists in Afghanistan

In a letter to the UNSC and UNAMA, civil society organisations from around the globe highlight the wave of journalist killings in Afghanistan and urge them to act now.

Nepali journalists gather in Kathmandu, on 2 May 2018, to pay tribute to a group of journalists who lost their lives in a suicide bombing in Kabul, Sunil Pradhan/NurPhoto

Afghanistan: Three female media workers shot to death in Eastern Nangarhar province

The three female workers of the Enikas TV network were on their way home from work when they were shot in two separate attacks.