Iranian Press TV cameraman killed in Kabul
Kabul,20 Sep. 2011
A cameraman for Iranian English-language news network Press TV has died nearly a week after he was injured when a rocket hit the network's Kabul office as gunmen attacked buildings near the U.S. embassy and NATO headquar...
Watan TV/radio go into full transmission
A new television channel and radio station have launched their normal transmission in the capital Kabul after a year of experimental airing.
Watan TV and radio had been on air since about a year with trial broadcasting.
Now, with o...
Rahin warns TVs of punishment for obscenity
KABUL, Feb 18, 2011
The Media Violations Commission under the Ministry of Information and Culture has warned television channels that they would be legally chased and tried for airing obscene and indecent clip...
Suspect in acid attack on Mamoon detained
KABUL, 21 January, 2011
The Center to Support Journalists of Afghanistan commends the Kabul police for arresting a suspect of acid attack on Razzaq Mamon, a senior Afghan journalist.
The center also asks the government of Afg...
Rahin: NDS should explain holding of Mujaddidi
The minister of information and culture Syed Makhdom Rahin asked the National Directorate of Security for explaination and justification about holding of Hujatullah Mujaddidi whose detention has entered the fourth month.
In a ceremony mark...
Sarnavesht Daily's editor freed
KABUL, 21 Jaddi, 1389
Asadullah Waheedi, editor in chief of Sarnavesht Daily, has been released after 30 years in detention by the Office of Attorney General in Kabul.
He was summoned upon request from the National Security A...

