Danish Karokhel, Pajwok Afghan News Director was asked by the House of Representatives to clarify the findings of their investigative report on smuggling ventilator devices from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
Nai is extremely saddened by the news about the death of Nawid Azimi, Afghanistan Radio and TV journalist. It is said that he was infected by the Corona virus. According to his colleagues, Mr. Azimi was struggling this disease about a week and died earlier today.
Khurshid TV officials by verifying this news say; their staff transportation was targeted in Kolola Pushta and Gul-e-Surkh squares. The incident took place as result of an embedded bomb explosion, it was resulting two martyrs and six wounded up.
Ariana Radio and Television Network’s employee, Suleiman Yusufi died as result of Corona virus infection. Mr. Yusufi had worked with Ariana TV and Ariana News for a decade. He was in self-isolation for the past ten days but on Friday, 29th May 2020 due to his critical situation he was shifted to Afghan-Japan Hospital that…
Islamic Shows Anchor, Ahmad Khan Nawid was martyred as result of bullet shot during a protest in Ghoor province; it was said.
The Afghan government has earmarked a certain amount of funding for each province, due to COVID-19 disease outbreak. So far, special funding has been allocated to Herat, Kandahar and Kabul provinces. This budget is allocated for different working fields depending on the vulnerability of those sectors.
Media outlets in the country are in a critical and historic situation. Performance of media in this crucial situation can change peoples’ life and destiny in the country.
Last week was the worst week for freedom of expression and access to information in the country. During this period about 10 complaints have been registered at Nai Media Watch, most of them revealed that one of the major challenges that journalists face is inaccessibility to information.
On the eve of signing the US-Taliban agreement, Nai along with welcoming this action wants to call up the following points:
Nai Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan has recorded complaints regarding the behavior of security forces in the provincial headquarters with journalists in the northern zones including Badakhshan, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces.
