Sultan Mohammed Munadi: Shining a light in darkness

Thank God Farrell is alive, but it is awful the interpreter had to die in the process.

It's unbelievable how Western media reduce journalists who are not Western to the position of 'interpreter' or 'local' or 'assistant' when often they know all there is to know about journalism, and more. Thank God Farrell is alive but it's dreadful that another journalist who was not British had to die. Not just an 'interpreter', 'local' or 'assistant'. We are ALL journalists.

It's unbelievable how Western media reduce journalists who are not Western to the position of 'interpreter' or 'local' or 'assistant' when often they know all there is to know about journalism, and more. Thank God Farrell is alive but it's dreadful that another journalist who was not British had to die. Not just an 'interpreter', 'local' or 'assistant'. We are ALL journalists.

The CPJ had a chance of meeting My causin Sultan Munadi, i very much wished they could save him while they have sighted that Sultan was shot by unknown side, local people watching the senario in the field already called Sultans family and told them that the British Forces did not let Munadi to get on the helicopter, they shot him dead. We dont know who and how to believe, but one thing every one knows that Sultans dead was as mesterious as NAQSHBANs dead. Strong belief says one thing " They were shot be foriegners"

A true patriot has paid the ultimate price for his love of his country, May his soul rest in peace and let me pray for peace and security in Afghanistan.
Another big loss to Afghanistan and Afghan Journalists.

This is the result of working for foregners these bastards killed him. May his soul rest in peace.

As a very close friend and a former colleague, who worked jointly with Sultan Munadi for more than seven years (over 3 years for ICRC and more than 4 years for New York Times between 1998 - 2006), I would like to see a thorough investigation on Sultan's suspicious killing. There are so many questions that the British government has to answer regarding the raid that the British commandos launched for rescue of their countryman, which caused the death of Sultan Mohammad Mounadi, who left young widow with two children (one 3 years old and another only six months old) with no one to support the family in the war torn Afghanistan.

I am incredibly sad hearing about this terribly incident. As a student at the university of Erfurt, Germany I got to know Sultan as a very nice and reflective person. Although he was 12 years older than me, he and his afghan collegues came to a party once that some mates and me organized. We chatted about different things and he told me about his country.
How sorry I am to hear that he is dead. Vanished, gone. And we would stand there and chit-chat.

This is not the first one and wont be the last one who loses his life mysteriously. Several other journalists, translators...lost their life in similar situations. It really proves the rumors and beleifs of people who say that there are something going on secretly and the one who finds out this secret, the result is like this one. I hope that CPJ continues its advocacy and request for doing a real investigation about this case. Although it wouldnt change anything, unfortunately people don't trust foreigners now as they did at the beginning...