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UPDATE! Siddiq Barmak’s “Opium War” wins two more prestigious awards

UPDATE! Siddiq Barmak’s “Opium War” wins two more prestigious awards

By admin • on October 2, 2009

Opium War, a film by director Siddiq Barmak which had won the Golden Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Film at the Rome International Film Festival has now won two more prizes in two consecutive days: the Grand Prix in Batumi film festival (Georgia) on 29

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The US-Iran ‘meeting’ that never was

The US-Iran ‘meeting’ that never was

By admin • on April 15, 2009

Please find Massoumeh’s article in the Guardian below.  Read the full article with commentary HERE. The US-Iran ‘meeting’ that never was A manufactured encounter between

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Modern Journalism and Challenges of Tradition

Modern Journalism and Challenges of Tradition

By admin • on January 29, 2009

MODERN JOURNALISM AND CHALLENGES OF TRADITION AFGHANISTAN EXPERIENCE 6-7 June 2008, London UK Zaid Mohseni Director View more presentations or upload

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Overview of Media Development In post Taliban Afghanistan

Overview of Media Development In post Taliban Afghanistan

By admin • on January 29, 2009

Overview of Media Development In post Taliban Afghanistan By: Aziz Hakimi Former director of the Killid Group Seven years after the overthrow of the Taliban government by U.S. military forces, Afghanistan still remains a country mired in armed conflict. It is in danger of once again becoming a failed

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The Impact of Women on Media in Afghanistan

The Impact of Women on Media in Afghanistan

By admin • on November 1, 2008

The Impact of Women on Media in Afghanistan Shukria Barakzai, Editor Ayneh Zan, Member of Parliament “My pen is on my loan; my thoughts are in my prison; my beliefs are hidden; my tongue is in my silence; my torch is in my darkness.” One of the main post-Taliban achievements of Afghanistan was said

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Media in Afghanistan’s Major Provinces

Media in Afghanistan’s Major Provinces

By admin • on October 31, 2008

Media in Afghanistan’s Major Provinces Mohammad Shafiq Haqpal, journalist Much attention has been paid by the international community to events in Kabul. Provinces have received relatively less coverage in international media when in fact it is in the provinces that majority Afghan opinion is formed.

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Journalists Adjust to Red Lines in Afghanistan

Journalists Adjust to Red Lines in Afghanistan

By admin • on October 31, 2008

Journalists Adjust to Red Lines in Afghanistan Faheem Dashty, journalist, Editor Kabul Weekly There are red lines for journalist everywhere around the world. Although these red lines – relative to time and place – could be very different, they represent one single fact: no one is allowed to cross

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The General State of Independent Media in Afghanistan

The General State of Independent Media in Afghanistan

By admin • on October 31, 2008

The General State of Independent Media in Afghanistan – Aziz Hakimi, former executive director of The Killid Group, and advisor to South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) Afghanistan is not lost, but the signs are not good. Six years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan is still highly

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Clouds Over Kabul

Clouds Over Kabul

By Massoumeh Torfeh • on May 7, 2007

A draconian legal proposal and a reduction in western aid are putting the Afghan media under severe stress Massoumeh Torfeh The Guardian Afghanistan’s parliament passed a press law in 2007 that has seriously effected  the independence of the country’s media. Under this law, both private

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