‘Last year was the deadliest for journalists’
With the March 17 being declared as National Day of Journalists, the fraternity believes last year was the deadliest for its members in Afghanistan.
With the March 17 being declared as National Day of Journalists, the fraternity believes last year was the deadliest for its members in Afghanistan.
A new list of ethnic groups to select from while applying for the computerized identity cards has caused controversy.
Waheed Omer, director general, Office of Public and Strategic Affairs, has reacted sharply against the proposed curbs on school girls singing poems in public gatherings.
Protests continued in Ghor on Tuesday for the sacking of provincial governor on the eighth consecutive day.
A latest study by the Committee to Protect Journalists in Afghanistan indicate 18 percent decrease in the number of female journalists and media workers in the country’s media over the past six months.
The academic year for schools has ended on a low note with many students expressing dissatisfaction with the studies and the annual examinations.
The central highlands of Bamyan province hosted 11th edition of the “Afghan Ski Challenge”.
The Taliban insurgents have created hurdles for girls seeking education in Takhar provinces, officials claimed.
Calls have been made for thorough investigations and justice into the assassination of three family members of a slain journalist in Ghor province.
Losing four of her sons in the ranks of the security forces, their grieving old mother lives in a rented mud house in Gardez city deprived of many rights.
Security sources in Ghor said that three members of the family of Bismillah Adel Aimaq, the slain managing director of Sada-e Ghor radio, were killed in the Taliban attack and 10 others were wounded.
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has expressed concerns about the human rights situation of children in Afghanistan.