Despite targeted killings and an uncertain future, journalists in Afghanistan are not turning away from the profession.
Source: Al Jazzera, by 21 Jul 2021, ‘Journalism is sacred work’: Afghanistan’s front line reporters
Despite targeted killings and an uncertain future, journalists in Afghanistan are not turning away from the profession.
Source: Al Jazzera, by 21 Jul 2021, ‘Journalism is sacred work’: Afghanistan’s front line reporters
Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule.
It ends – after a perilous trek overland through Latin America across at least 11 countries – with scaling the border wall and jumping onto U.S. soil.
Gen Egeland, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) earlier today Tweeted that Norway’s primer aid organization can’t continue its operations in Afghanistan without its female employees. [The Taliban recently banned women from working in Humanitarian aid.]
The administration is planning to significantly revise the journalism curriculum to prepare the young journalists to serve the country with honesty and good faith, not to propagate wrong things against a group, regime, or Islamic values.
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