 ReconstructionJapan Allocates Over 4 Million Dollars to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups The Japanese Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mr Katsuhide Ariyoshi and the Deputy Country Director and Officer in Charge of UNDP, Mr Ian Holland, held a Signing Ceremony for the Exchange of Notes this morning to provide an additional 477 million yen ($4.5 million) to Afghanistan’s New Beginnings Programme (ANBP) for the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG). · Assistant High Commissioner to Visit Afghanistan · United States donates US$ 26 million for food aid in Afghani |
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| Culture Threats to Afghan Woman Journalist Jameela Rishteen Qadiry The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed to learn that a woman journalist, Jameela Rishteen Qadiry, reportedly received telephone calls threatening her with the same fate as that of murdered BBC journalist Abdul Samad Rohani in Afghanistan . According to information received from an IFJ affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists¢ Association (AIJA), Qadiry, a reporter for Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty (RFERL), was given the chilling warning in two anonymous phone calls within minutes of each other on June 12. Qadiry¢s reporting, particularly on issues to do with the sensitive border between Afghanistan and Iran , was identified by the caller as the immediate reason for the threats. The IFJ is informed that Qadiry has worked with RFERL for five years. · Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture bans the transmis · Millions of Afghan children head back to school |
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| General News Abdul Samad Rohani: Second BBC Reporter Killed The International Federation of Journalists says that the abduction and murder of a local journalist working for the BBC in Afghanistan' s southern Helmand province is the latest in a series of media tragedies that underscores the need for comprehensive international action to confront the global crisis of violence against independent reporters. Abdul Samad Rohani was kidnapped on Saturday and his body was found on Sunday afternoon in Lashkar Gah. · Tow schoolgirls were shot dead in Logar Province · Female journalist Zakia Zaki shot dead in Parwan province |
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| Politics AFPA Calls For Intervention In The Case of Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh The Afghanistan Foreign Press Association expresses its condemnation, deep concern, and continuing interest in the case of the death sentence passed against Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh, a journalist for the daily Janan-e-Naw by the primary court of Balkh province. · Weak rule of law hinders human development in Afghanistan · Afghan, Coalition forces kill 20 militants in Helmand Provin |
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| Entertainment Afghan national television to televise an Egyptian historical drama The Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Karim Khorum received a historic television Drama from the Egyptian Ambassador in Kabul Mr. K. Sharaf. The Ambassador presented the Minister with a donation of the popular historic and religious television Drama serial "Imam Abou Haniefa Alnoman" to be televised on Afghan television. The drama serial narrates the life and times of the great seventh century Imam, considered a paramount figure in religious interpretation and Islamic jurisprudence, and a beckon of Islamic moderation and founder of one of the principle sects of Islam adhered to by millions of moderate Muslims around the world. · Najibullah Mahmoodi, 25, became the winner of the second sea · Afghan Star Series 2 to launch in late August |
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