Category: Arts & Culture

Islamic Emirate appoints women representative in Badakhshan

FAIZABAD (SW) – A woman has been picked for the first time since the recent developments in the country by the Islamic Emirate to represent the Badakhshan women.

World Radio Day: 120 stations went silence in 6 months

KABUL (SW) – Nearly a century since radio was introduced in Afghanistan, the broadcast medium remains popular despite phenomenal changes in the modes of mass communications.

RSF condemns attacks on journalists and media outlets

KABUL (SW) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the surge in threats, summonses for interrogation and arbitrary arrests to which journalists and media outlets have been subjected for the past two months in Afghanistan.

Arresting Jalal described as curbs on freedom of speech

KABUL (SW) – The Federation of Journalists and Media of Afghanistan called the detention of Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University, by the forces of the Islamic Emirate as a curb on freedom of expression, and called the continuation of such detentions contrary to human rights values and laws.

Provincial broadcasters, IEA officials discuss challenges, opportunities

The Salam Afghanistan Media Organization (Salam Watandar Radio Network) held a consultative meeting in Kabul on Monday together with the officials of the Islamic Emirate and the network of provincial radio stations to evaluate challenges and opportunities.

Regardless of opportunists’ attacks, SAMO continues to strive on media front

KABUL (SW) – In the wake of some mean and opportunist attacks, Salam Afghanistan Media Organization (Salam Watandar Radio Network) continues to fight and operate on the media front in the country.

Access to information restricted with the rise to power of the IEA

KABUL (SW) – Journalists in provinces across the country feel access to information has been severely restricted with the rise to power of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.

20 press publications cease operations in the southeast

GARDEZ (SW) – With the fall of government in Kabul, at least 20 press publications have ceased operations in Paktia, Pakitika and Khost provinces of Afghanistan.

Taliban say historic sites in Logar are well-protected

PUL-E-ALAM (SW) – Logar has some of the key historical and archaeological sites in Afghanistan dating back many centuries.

Rich tributes paid to Alishir Navai

The 15th Century legendary literary figure Alishir Navai was remembered at an international seminar “Reading the Thoughts of Amir Alishir Navai” in Herat on Wednesday.

Security threats overshadow Nouroz festivities

Rampant insecurity casted a shadow over the traditional Nouroz celebrations across the country, especially in Kabul as Afghanistan entered 15th Century (Solar Hijri) on Sunday.