Last month, Elyas Dayee, a Radio Azadi journalist, was killed in a bomb blast in the southern Helmand province, and Yama Siawash, a former TOLOnews presenter, was killed in a similar blast in Kabul. Omer Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in southern Helmand province, said a sticky bomb attached to Elyas Dayee's vehicle killed Dayee and . June 22, 2022 2:40 PM EDT. In addition to Siddiqui, Mina Khairi of Afghanistan's Ariana News TV was killed in June. On 8 August, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Toofan Omar, a manager of the privately owned broadcaster Paktia Ghag Radio. Last month, on November 12, journalist Elyas Dayee, associated with RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan, was killed in an improvised bomb blast in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. "We believe this murder was perpetrated by the Taliban to intimidate journalists and attack press freedom," the information ministry said in a statement . Aliyas Dayee, a reporter for Radio Liberty, was killed in a car bomb attack in Lashkar Gah. The attackers opened fire on Malala Maiwand's car soon after she left her house in the eastern Nangarhar province, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the Gunmen shot and killed a female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan early Thursday, officials said, adding to the 42 journalists and media workers have been killed while doing their jobs this year . Last month, Elyas Dayee, a Radio Azadi journalist, was killed in a bomb blast in the southern Helmand province, and Yama Siawash, a former TOLOnews presenter, was killed in a similar blast in Kabul. Sadaqat Ghorzang/AP The director of Enikass-TV, Zalmai Latifi, was kidnapped for ransom in 2018. More than 50 journalists and dozens of rights activists have been killed since 2001. He was lucky. By Rebecca Klapper On 8/30/21 at 4:18 PM EDT World Afghanistan Journalist Kabul Threats A young Afghan journalist who was killed in the attack on Kabul's international airport had compiled. By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News (Worthy News) - A young Afghan journalist has been shot dead in western Afghanistan, the fifth media professional to be killed within two months in the war-ravaged nation, officials confirmed Saturday.Bismellah Adel Aimaq, 28, chief editor of Sada-e-Ghor (Voice of Ghor) radio station and a rights activist, was reportedly . LASHKAR GAH/KABUL, Afghanistan - A veteran American photojournalist and a translator working for NPR were killed while accompanying Afghan troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, NPR and military officials said. The same goes for Afghanistan, where nine national journalists were killed this year. According to the media freedom group Reporters Without Borders, Afghanistan is the deadliest country in the world for journalists with 15 journalists were killed there in . According to Voice of America, Dayee was killed when a "magnetic" explosive device, attached to his car, was detonated as he travelled with his brother to the press club in Helmand's provincial . KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan journalist and human rights activist was shot and killed on Friday by unidentified . Afghan men pray near the coffin of journalist Malalai Maiwand, who was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, December 10, 2020 [Parwiz/Reuters] Published On 29 Dec 2020 29 . Nine journalists were killed in suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan. Other Afghan journalists have been killed or abducted. New Delhi: Journalist Danish Siddiqui, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for his coverage of the Covid19 pandemic situation in India. Last week, Rahmatullah Nekzad, who headed the journalists' union in Ghazni province, was killed in an attack by armed men outside his home. An Afghan journalist signs a memory book in front of a photograph of the late Afghan journalist Ajmal Naqshbandi, who was killed by the Taliban, during a gathering in Kabul on April 10, 2007. . The State Department has announced that the bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank in May "likely" came from an Israeli Defense Forces position . On Monday, July 4, Andrei Alekseyev, an assistant camera operator with the Russian public broadcaster TV Centre, was hit by shrapnel in his head. Twenty-seven journalists have been killed in Afghanistan since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, not counting Gilkey and Tamanna. Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, killed Friday in Afghanistan, brought empathy and artistry to the images he produced More than 500 journalists have been killed in the past decade,. Omer Zwak, spokesman for the . They include Anja Niedringhaus, a . He was relentless in his drive to get the story first and get it right. This is not the first incident of a journalist being attacked in Afghanistan. 11.06.2008 - Government thinks Taliban killed BBC reporter Afghan journalist Abdul Samad Rohani, the BBC reporter whose body was found on 8 June in the southern province of Helmand, was probably shot by the Taliban, the authorities think. TOLOnews is Afghanistan's first 24-hour TV/online news channel covering national, regional and world affairs. She survived the attack On November 12, a journalist was killed and three others were critically wounded in an improvised bomb blast in Helmand's Lashkar Gah. According to the AJSSC, 20 journalists and media workers were killed last year, an . Two men, also presumably Taliban, shot and killed the translator Amdadullah Hamdard, a frequent contributor to Germany's Die Zeit newspaper, on August 2 in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad,. On Monday, July 4, Andrei Alekseyev, an assistant camera operator with the Russian public broadcaster TV Centre, was hit by shrapnel in his head. A slew of assassinations has struck Afghanistan, mainly targeting prominent women, journalists and other progressives. Thirteen journalists have been killed globally since the start of 2021, CPJ reports. She only made it a few steps. The 41-year-old, who was chief photographer for Reuters news . Nekzad was well known in the area and had contributed to. Officials, relatives and a media watchdog in Afghanistan confirmed Saturday that a suspected bomb blast on a minibus in Kabul had killed a well-known journalist and injured several people. Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui has been killed in Afghanistan, said the country's ambassador in Delhi. Places in Afghanistan where journalists were killed during the war. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 55 journalists have been killed in Afghanistan since 1992. As per the report, one journalist has been killed and 67 more have been committed violence against only after the Taliban takeover on August 15. Sharatai, Afghanistan - A female French journalist was killed in Afghanistan late on Sunday when the Northern Alliance troops she was with fell into a Taliban ambush, an AFP journalist reported. In a statement, NBC News President Neal Shapiro said: "David Bloom was one of the best in the business. Officials, relatives and a media watchdog in Afghanistan confirmed Saturday that a suspected bomb blast on a minibus in Kabul had killed a well-known journalist and injured several people. 33-year-old Elyas Dayee was associated with Radio Free Afghanistan RFE/RL.. Aliyas Dayee, a beloved radio journalist, was killed when a magnetic bomb attached to his car exploded on Nov. 12 in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province. Contents FILE - Relatives carry the body of journalist Malala Maiwand, who was shot and killed by gunmen soon after she left her house, during her funeral ceremony in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan . In November 2020, two journalists - Elyas Dayee at Radio Azadi, and former TOLO news presenter Yama. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. According to AFP, the journalists were in a . He died Sunday in Iraq of a pulmonary embolism. (New York) - Taliban forces are deliberately targeting journalists and other media workers, including women, in Afghanistan . A provincial official says a bomb attached to the vehicle of a radio journalist in southern Afghanistan exploded, killing him By The Associated Press November 12, 2020, 1:06 AM An Afghan policeman investigates a damaged car following a sticky bomb attack in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Saba Sahar, one of Afghanistan's first female directors, was shot in Kabul. Ten journalists were killed on April 30, 2018, including nine reporters . By Reuters Media June 05, 2016 09:00 PM We are part of The Trust Project. Paris, July 6, 2022 - Ukrainian and Russian authorities should ensure that all journalists covering the war in Ukraine can work freely and safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Yama Siawash, a well- known former . On Location: June 17, 2022. Hasib Danish Alikozai. Taliban members beat journalist at Kabul checkpoint, detain 2 others. Pereira and Phillps were murdered in the Javari Valley, close to Brazil's border with Peru and Colombia, sparking outrage and condemnation around the world, as the . AFP reports the journalists were both women. CPJ's advocacy for Afghan journalists The pair were working in a remote town on the country's restive border with Pakistan when the shooting transpired. Reacting to the attack, Ministry of Interior spokesman Tariq Arian said in a tweet that "unfortunately, in the last decade and a half, the vast majority of journalists have been killed by the Taliban." Maiwand's death on Thursday has brought the total number of journalists killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 52, according to CPJ data. Female journalists in Afghanistan are in acute danger with the takeover of the Taliban. The NBC family is mourning the death of one of our own correspondent David Bloom. Danish was killed while covering . Serving as a laboratory of ideas, UNESCO helps . Afghanistan's Journalists Safety Committee in its latest report indicated that 12 journalists have been killed and 230 more have been conducted violence against during the past year in Afghanistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates ANJU and the Afghanistan Independent Journalists' Association (AIJA) express deepest condolences and .