Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has formally asked the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate murders of journalists and
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has formally asked International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate murders of journalists and media workers in Afghanistan since
Afghan War Casualty Report: May 2021
At least 287 pro-government forces and 204 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.
Broken glass and shattered windows in a mosque in Logar Province after a truck bomb was detonated there on April 30.Credit.Reuters
Published May 6, 2021Updated May 16, 2021
The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan from the past seven days. It is necessarily incomplete as many local officials refuse to confirm casualty information. The report includes government claims of insurgent casualty figures, but in most cases these cannot be independently verified by The Times. Similarly, the reports do not include Taliban claims for their attacks on the government unless they can be verified. Both sides routinely inflate casualty totals for their opponents.
In new report, UN mission in Afghanistan says targeted attacks fading hopes for peace in war-ravaged country
Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city, the capital of Ghor province. PHOTO: COURTESY/TOLO NEWS
KABUL:
At least 11 activists and journalists have been slain in Afghanistan since the start of peace talks aimed at ending the nearly two-decades-long civil war, the UN said on Monday. This trend, combined with the absence of claims of responsibility, has generated a climate of fear among the population, said a new report by UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Human rights and media space has contracted as a result, with many professionals exercising self-censorship in their work, quitting their jobs, and leaving their homes and communities with hopes it will improve their safety.
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