Taliban remains unheard if boycotted by Afghan Media: NAI

NAI – an organization supporting open media in Afghanistan on Monday said that no threat can prevent Afghan journalists to operate openly because media is responsible to reflect facts unbiased and they should not be threatened and pressured.

NAI called 2014 as the deathliest year for Afghan journalists saying that seven Afghan journalists have been killed since the beginning of 2014 around the country.

According to reports Afghanistan is one of the deathliest countries for journalists; annually a large number of journalists become victims of death and violence.

The organization also addressed Taliban as narrow-minded, terrorists and enemy of humanity adding that Taliban would like to weaken open media power by performing suicides and threats.

Chief Executive of NAI, Mujib Khelwatgar said,” Taliban are terrorists, they attack persons called ‘Soft Targets’ to appear in media extensively.”

NAI has registered about 47 journalist death and more than 450 serious cases of violence against journalists since 1382 on solar calendar in all over Afghanistan.

These statements come after Taliban recently threatened to target civil society members and media outlets.