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An injured boy is held up outside a hospital following a deadly double bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 5, 2018. Two TOLO News journalists, Samim Faramarz and Ramiz Ahmadi, were killed in the second bombing. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Two TOLO News journalists killed in Afghanistan double bombing

September 5, 2018 3:35 PM EDT

Washington, D.C., September 5, 2018–At least two journalists were killed today in a double bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to news reports. TOLO News published that its reporter Samim Faramarz and cameraman Ramiz Ahmadi were killed by the second blast while covering the first, which occurred at a wrestling club in a Shi’ite…

A man reacts at the site of a lethal blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 31, 2017. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)

At least two media workers killed, nine injured in Kabul bombing

May 31, 2017 2:50 PM EDT

New York, May 31, 2017–At least two media workers were killed and nine others were injured in a massive bomb attack in central Kabul, Afghanistan that also partially destroyed the office of a television station, according to media reports.

CPJ condemns threats by Taliban against Afghan media

October 13, 2015 3:18 PM EDT

New York, October 13, 2015–A Taliban website on Monday threatened journalists associated with two privately owned Afghan TV outlets, Tolo TV and 1TV, with “elimination,” according to news reports.

Afghanistan’s draft media law slowed, but not stopped

July 17, 2012 2:29 PM EDT

For now, the Afghan government’s apparent attempt at railroading through a less-than-media-friendly new Mass Media Law without consultation seems to have been sidelined, though not derailed. On Sunday in Kabul, representatives of the Ministry of Information and Culture received recommendations from civil society workers and journalists, including some from the provinces, which were drawn up…