Category: DEMOCRACY & SPEECH

Exclusive: Female journalists in exile faced with a grim future

ISLAMABAD (SW) – At least 17 female Afghan journalists who are now living in Iran and Pakistan, in an interview with Salam Watandar, say that

Analysts see the UN falling to ensure global peace

KABUL (SW) – Analysts see the UN failing in securing peace and human rights amid raging wars and gross violations of liberties worldwide. Simultaneously with

Afghan journalists in Pakistan, Iran fear deportation

ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN (SW) – A number of Afghan journalists in Iran and Pakistan, expressing their concern about the unfavorable situation, the suspension of the process

Access to information remains restrictive, says journalists

KABUL (SW) – Coinciding with September 28, the International Day of Access to Information, a number of journalists and media officials, complaining about the limitation of

UNAMA documents 1600 cases rights violations during arrests, detention

MONITORING (SW) – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has documented over 1600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities during the

Sar-e-Pul hosts maiden literary festival under the Islamic Emirate rule

SAR-E-PUL (SW) – The first cultural and literary festival was held in Sar-e-Pul last week under the rule of the Islamic Emirate. This mushaira was

Sanctions leading to poverty, says official

KABUL (SW) – International sanctions on the banking system and holding of Afghanistan’s state assets by the US has led to poverty in the country,

Call for immediate release of detained Irani journalist

KABUL (SW) – The Afghan Journalists Center has said that an Iranian news agency photographer, Mohammad Hossein Velayati, who had traveled to Afghanistan, has been