1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2002: Afghanistan - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PBZ4JrQv1h"><a href="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-afghanistan/">Attacks on the Press 2002: Afghanistan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-afghanistan/embed/#?secret=PBZ4JrQv1h" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2002: Afghanistan” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="PBZ4JrQv1h" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In many obvious ways, press conditions in Afghanistan in 2002 were far better than the year before, when virtually no local independent media outlets operated, and eight journalists were killed covering the U.S.-led military offensive that ended the repressive rule of the Taliban regime. During 2002, Afghan journalists produced some 150 publications in the capital,…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2003/03/caseIcon_threat-13.gif