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Barbaric murder

Local radio station manager decapitated in southeast

Published on 23 February 2012Read

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Scalded with vitriol

Cameraman sprayed with acid in Kabul

Published on 14 February 2012Read

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For a free, independent and democratic Afghanistan

A decade after the removal of the Taliban government, journalists’ unions and organizations that support open media in Afghanistan, together with (...)

Published on 25 November 2011 Read

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Afghan journalist killed by Taliban roadside bomb

Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learned that radio journalist Jafar Vafa and eight relatives were killed by a roadside bomb in the (...)

Published on 16 November 2011 Read

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Cameraman dies from injuries during Taliban attack in Kabul a week ago

Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that Farhad Taqaddosi, a cameraman working for the Iranian government’s English-language TV news (...)

Published on 21 September 2011 Read

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Afghan journalist was killed by US soldier who mistook him for Taliban

Reporters Without Borders calls on the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) to take greater care to protect (...)

Published on 9 September 2011 Read

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Afghan reporter killed in coordinated Taliban attacks on southern town

Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that Ahamad Omid Khpalwak, a reporter for the BBC and the Afghan news agency Pajhwok, was killed (...)

Published on 28 July 2011 Read

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Radio Paiman back on the air thanks to support from Reporters Without Borders

Riven by conflicts between influential groups, Afghanistan is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists. The Taliban, (...)

Published on 15 July 2011 Read

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French journalists released after being held hostage for 18 months

Reporters Without Borders is delighted by today’s release of French journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier and their Afghan interpreter (...)

Published on 29 June 2011 Read