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IEA rejects RSF’s report Afghanistan is among most dangerous countries for journalists
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has rejected a report by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) mentioning Afghanistan is among the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists.
According to the report, IEA has been persecuting independent media since retaking power in August 2021, and it jailed 21 journalists in 2023 and is currently holding three.
Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, however, says that the situation has improved and only one journalist is in prison. According to officials in the committee, lack of access to information is still one of the serious problems of journalists.
“We have problems in the area of lack of a mass media law. We have problem in access to information because there has been a big change and naturally it has its own problems. There are problems regarding arrests without coordination with the Ministry of Information and Culture, but in the last two years, we had only one martyr and 13 wounded,” said Abdul Qadim Wiar, head of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee.
Rejecting the Reporters Without Borders report, the Islamic Emirate said that there is currently no threat to journalists.
“Unfortunately, the institutions that have been established in the name of defending journalists and others in the West, they have their own agenda to spread propaganda against countries, and they address and analyze issues from the same point of view. No journalist is threatened in Afghanistan. No journalist has been harmed in Afghanistan in the past year. Of course, there have been detention and legal actions that too were limited and have been resolved, and the majority of them were not related to media work, but had a legal or criminal nature,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman of IEA.
“Unfortunately, these institutions are silent about Israel which in one month killed and directly targeted 20 to 30 journalists,” he said.
The Japanese ambassador in Kabul, Takayoshi Kuromiya, met Saturday with Sader Azam Osmani, the Deputy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, the meeting discussed Japan’s cooperation in these areas.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) held Saturday an emergency meeting in Kabul attended by the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration to instantly address the needs of recent flood victims in Baghlan province.
The ministry quoted Abdul Rahman Rahmani, head of the assistance coordination of the ministry, as saying that the goal of the meeting was to provide emergency assistance to flood victims and how to consider first aid.
According to reports, intense floods in Baghlan’s many districts have left hundreds of dead and injured.
The ministry stated that hundreds of houses have been destroyed and people are living in open space in the mountains.
Meanwhile, the ministry added that the figures are not yet final and the process of rescue operations is still ongoing with the cooperation of health teams.
At the meeting, Mohammad Omar Hashemi, the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, also assured that the organization is ready to provide urgent aid to the victims.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it can only support one in every three malnourished children across Afghanistan, highlighting the shortage of funding.
WFP said on X that there are three million malnourished children in Afghanistan.
“But we can only support 1 in every 3 malnourished children across Afghanistan,” WFP said. “Children bear the brunt of the assistance cuts. Sustained funding is vital.”
The World Food Program in Afghanistan had previously warned that the number of malnourished children visiting hospitals has increased this year following the reduction of foreign aid.
More than 23 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan this year, according to the United Nations. Over half of them are children.
In February, WFP announced a dire need for $760 million in food assistance for Afghanistan over the next six months.
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