Interview with Afghan Press director

15 Feb 2008 / No Comments

This interview was featured recently on Global Voices Online. Below is a relevant excerpt:
Q: You have been involved with Afghan Press too. What is this project about?
Afghan Press was built in order to give accurate local news to people abroad. I am the director.
As you know, we don’t have online media to provide news […]


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Introduction

27 Jan 2008 / 5 Comments

Our network aims to provide and recognize excellence in independent journalism within Afghanistan. Due to linguistic barriers, the English and primary version of Afghan Press wishes to launch its sister site in Farsi. Articles in the Farsi version will be translated into English and vice versa. This will help Afghan authors writing in Farsi to […]


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What is Afghan Press?

24 Dec 2007 / 3 Comments

Afghanistan is a country riddled with poverty, illiteracy, censorship, human rights abuses and corruption. There are hardly any progressive and independent news sources functioning within it. We aim to change that!
We want to create a powerful Afghanistan through new media technologies. The internet is our only gateway to free speech and global outreach. We want […]


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