Committee to Protect Journalists
19 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan since 1992/Motive Confirmed
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Statistical Analysis
- Beats Covered by Victims
- Job
- Medium
- Gender
- Local / Foreign
- Type of Death
- Freelance
- Suspected Source of Fire in Murder Cases
- Impunity
- Murder Victims
Job * | |
| 32% | Broadcast reporter |
| 16% | Camera Operator |
| 5% | Editor |
| 5% | Photographer |
| 42% | Print reporter/writer |
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Medium * | |
| 53% | |
| 37% | Radio |
| 16% | Television |
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Gender | |
| 84% | Male |
| 16% | Female |
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Local / Foreign | |
| 37% | Local |
| 63% | Foreign |
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Murder Victims | |
| 57% | Taken Captive |
| 29% | Threatened |
Type of Death | |
| 21% | Crossfire/Combat |
| 5% | Dangerous Assignment |
| 74% | Murder |
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Impunity in Murder Cases | |
| 71% | Complete impunity |
| 29% | Full justice |
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Suspected Source of Fire in Murder Cases | |
| 14% | Criminal group |
| 7% | Local Residents |
| 29% | Paramilitary Group |
| 29% | Political Group |
| 21% | Unknown |
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Beats Covered by Victims * | |
| 5% | Crime |
| 11% | Human Rights |
| 32% | Politics |
| 84% | War |
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Freelance | |
| 26% | Freelance |
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All figures are rounded to the nearest full percentage point. * May add up to more than 100 percent because more than one category applies in some cases.
19 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan/Motive Confirmed
Terminology explainedSultan Mohammed Munadi, The New York Times
September 9, 2009, in an area near Kunduz, AfghanistanAbdul Samad Rohani, BBC and Pajhwok Afghan News
June 7 or 8, 2008, in Lashkar Gah, AfghanistanCarsten Thomassen, Dagbladet
January 15, 2008, in Kabul, AfghanistanZakia Zaki, Sada-i-Sulh
June 4, 2007, in Parwan province, AfghanistanAjmal Naqshbandi, freelance
April 8, 2007, in Helmand province, AfghanistanChristian Struwe, freelance
October 7, 2006, in Baghlan, AfghanistanKaren Fischer, freelance
October 7, 2006, in Baghlan, AfghanistanAbdul Qodus, Aryana TV
July 22, 2006, in Kandahar, AfghanistanUlf Strömberg, TV4
November 26, 2001, in Taloqan, AfghanistanHarry Burton, Reuters Television
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanAzizullah Haidari, Reuters
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanJulio Fuentes, El Mundo
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanMaria Grazia Cutuli, Corriere della Serra
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanPierre Billaud, Radio Télévision Luxembourg
November 11, 2001, in Takhar Province, AfghanistanVolker Handloik, freelance reporter
November 11, 2001, in Takhar Province, AfghanistanJohanne Sutton, Radio France Internationale
November 11, 2001, in Takhar Province, AfghanistanMarc Brunereau, freelance
September 5, 2001, in Taloqan/Tashkent, Uzbekistan, AfghanistanMahmoud Saremi, Iranian News Agency (IRNA)
August 8, 1998, in Mazar-i-Sharif, AfghanistanMirwais Jalil, BBC World Service
July 29, 1994, in an area near Kabul, Afghanistan1 Media Worker Killed in Afghanistan
Terminology explainedSayed Agha, freelance
March 15, 2007, in Helmand province, Afghanistan1 Journalist Killed in Afghanistan/Motive Unconfirmed
Terminology explainedJawed Ahmad, freelance
March 11, 2009, in Kandahar, AfghanistanCPJ’s Global Campaign Against Impunity is underwritten by
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