29 April 2024 According to reports by Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), three radio journalists were arrested by the provincial directorate of the...
21 April 2024 According to a report by the Afghanistan Journalist Center (AFJC), Habib-ur-Rahman Taseer, a local journalist associated with Radio Azadi/Radio Free Europe in southeastern Ghazni province...
7 April 2024 The Taliban launched three radio stations - “Shariat Voice,” “Omid Voice,” and “Horiat Voice,” in Herat province last week, according to a spokesperson for the...
17 March 2024 According to local sources, two private radio stations – Shamla and Dehkada, were temporarily closed by the Taliban municipality on March 10 in Ghazni province...
11 March 2024 On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, UNESCO’s Partner Radio Begum in Afghanistan completed three years. The station was launched in 2021...
5 March 2024 The Taliban have banned girls from making phone calls to radio stations and television channels in Southeast Khost Province. According to AFJC, an official letter...
5 March 2024 According to an update by the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), the Taliban has allowed Radio Nasim to resume broadcasting in Daikundi province after a five-month...
19 January 2024 According to the Afghanistan Journalists Centre (AFJC), private radio station Nan in southeastern Khost province has been abruptly shut down today by local Taliban officials...
17 January 2024 A new private radio station called Aynak Radio has started broadcasting in Pul-e-Alam, Logar province, Afghanistan, after a two-month trial period. The station was inaugurated...
17 December 2023 The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) announced that Sultan Ali Jawadi, the director of Radio Nasim in central Daikundi province, has been sentenced to one year...
1 October 2023 The Taliban forced Nasim Radio, a local radio station in Daikundi province in central Afghanistan, to shut down on Wednesday, September 27. They also arrested...
18 July 2023 According to a report by Tolo News, Radio Nehad and Paikan TV, both in Balkh province, have stopped broadcasting due to economic challenges and existing...
9 April 2023 Sadai Banowan, a women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed broadcasting after the Taliban shut it down for playing music during the holy month...
7 April 2023 Afghanistan's only women-run radio station - Sadai Banowan, has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, according to a Taliban...
30 March 2023 After 82 years of operation, the final program of BBC Persian (Farsi) Radio was broadcast on Sunday, March 26. The Farsi radio service was launched...
21 February 2023 Since the return to power of Taliban, 117 Afghan radio stations have closed due to economic hardships, displacing 1,900 people including 1075 women from their...
1 December 2022 FM radio broadcasts from Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) stations in Afghanistan will be banned from December 1, according to...
11 October 2022 According to a report by the Afghanistan Journalist Center (AFJC), the Taliban Directorate of Intelligence prison has released Mirza Hasani, former owner and editor of...
27 July 2022 Selagi Ehsaas, a female host of Dost Radio in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan was assaulted by unidentified gunmen on July 20 while returning from...
30 June 2022 The BBC News Afghanistan service in Pashto and Dari has launched a weekly radio programme, Women (Mermen in Pashto, and Zan in Dari). The 30-minute...
6 June 2022 Jamaluddin Deldar, owner and executive editor of local radio station Radio Saday-e-Gardez, was detained by the Taliban at his office in Gardez city of Paktia...
18 April 2022 According to a report in Tolo News, two popular radio stations in Afghanistan’s Paktia and Faryab provinces went off the air last week due to...
18 March 2022 Reporters from Pajhwok Afghan News have won awards from two different media associations in the country. Afghanistan Journalists’ Center (AFJC) awarded four top journalists with...
6 March 2022 According to a report in Pajhwok Afghan News (paid subscription), four radio stations, including a state-run one in central Logar province, may shut down due...
2 March 2022 Local radio station Ittefaq has returned to air in Afghanistan’s central Logar province after a six-month suspension, changing its name as ‘Bab-ul-Jihad Radio.’ The station...
23 February 2022 Radio Tajla, a private radio station in Afghanistan’s in central Maidan Wardak, has stopped broadcasting because of financial problems, according to a report in Pajhwok...
16 February 2022 As the rest of the world marked #WorldRadioDay on February 13, Afghanistan mourned the loss of as 86 radio stations which have halted operations over...
23 August 2021 According to a report by Pajhwok, Taliban's information affairs in-charge for central Ghazni province has banned music and work of female employees in local radio...
6 January 2020 According to media watchdog Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan – Nai, Safar Mohammad, an employee of Radio Samon was killed by unknown gunmen in eastern...
25 September 2019 Afghan radio presenter Abdul Hamid Hotaki has died from injuries in an explosion near the election campaign headquarters of President Ashraf Ghani in the...