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,
Category: DEMOCRACY & SPEECH
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
Journalists in custody would be released soon, says Farahi
KABUL (SW) – Officials at the Ministry of Information and Culture say that the journalists who were arrested by the security forces will be released
Exclusive: Wars and natural disasters leave many women as widowed
KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 74 widows in 22 provinces show that 55% of these women lost their husbands as a
Girls not giving up on fundamental right to education
KABUL (SW) – Despite no action by the Islamic Emirate authorities to reopen the schools above the grade six, girls are not giving up on
Paktika residents demand urban facilities in Sharana
SHARANA (SW) – A number of residents of Paktika demand urban development in the center of Sharana and the transition of the city to a
Nehad Radio stops broadcasting in Balkh
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (SW) – Abdul Latif Sohak, the head of the journalists’ immunity committee in the northern region, has confirmed that the local radio “Nahad” in
Islamic Emirate bans activities of all Swedish organisations in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Following the decision of the government of the Islamic Emirate to suspend the activities of all Swedish aid institutions in Afghanistan in
Jobless journalists struggling to earn a livelihood
KABUL (SW) – A number of journalists and media workers say that after losing their jobs, they have had to do other things to provide
Sabawoon TV resumes operations in Helmand
LASHKARGAH (SW) – The local Sabawoon TV in Helmand has resumed operations after a two-year hiatus following the establishment of the Islamic Emriate in Afghanistan. Nabi
New media law on the cards
KABUL (SW) – Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, said in an interview with Salam Watandar that the media law in the country
Female journalists facing discrimination
KABUL (SW) – Coinciding with the World Press Freedom Day, a number of female journalists say that since nearly two years ago, they have been
