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Facebook says helped airlift Afghan staff, journalists from Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 2 (ANI/Sputnik) - Facebook said it helped evacuate Afghan journalists to Mexico from Kabul, alongside the tech giant's employees, partners and their families, according to a statement seen by media.
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Afghan journalists say man seen hanging from helicopter a flag installer,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 1 (ANI): Video footage has surfaced on social media that shows a US-made Black Hawk helicopter flying over Afghanistan's Kandahar province, with a person seen hanging below from a rope.
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US strands over 500 journalists in Afghanistan: Congressman Michael McCaul
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 1 (ANI): More than 500 journalists and their families who were employed by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) were abandoned by the State Department in Afghanistan, senior Republican on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul said.
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US must plan evacuation of Afghan journalists: RSF
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 23 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on US President Joe Biden to draw a special plan for evacuating endangered Afghan journalists and human rights defenders.
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Committee to Protect Journalists asks US to ensure safety of Afghan scribe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): A top global media group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked the US to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the country falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency vi
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Afghan scribe breaks down during Pentagon briefing, asks 'Where is Ashraf
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): An Afghan journalist broke down during a press briefing of the Pentagon when she asked whereabouts of President Ashraf Ghani who fled as Taliban closed in on Kabul, saying 'where is my president, he has to answer people.'
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UK mulls sheltering Afghan journalists who worked with UK media: Foreign S
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that his country was considering sheltering the Afghan journalists who had cooperated with UK media, the Independent reported on Saturday.
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Four arrested scribes in cahoots with Taliban, met ISI officials: Afghan a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 2 (ANI): Four Afghan journalists who were arrested in southern Kandahar province this week, were "collaborating" with the Taliban, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday.
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US media coalition urges Biden administration to grant special visas to Af
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 22 (ANI): A coalition of US news organisations on Tuesday wrote two different letters to the US president Joe Biden and leaders in the house of representatives, urging them to grant special immigration visas to Afghan journalists and support staff.
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Campaign of violence against Afghan media is despicable: US diplomat
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): US Charge d' Affaires to Afghanistan Ross Wilson has expressed shock over the murder of high-profile Afghan journalist Nemat Rewan and called for an immediate stop to the attacks on the press.
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Afghan journalist shot dead a day after Taliban warning
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): A day after the Taliban issued a threat against the media persons, a high-profile television journalist was shot dead in Afghanistan's Kandahar city on Thursday.
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Afghan journalist attacked in Kabul
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): An Afghan freelance journalist was attacked by unidentified miscreants and sustained wounds here on Sunday.
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