Afghanistan independent Kabul Weekly re-launched
30-05-2007 (Kabul)
Kabul Weekly
Suspended during the last five months because of a financial problem, the independent Afghanistan newspaper Kabul Weekly has been re-launched and is now available for its readers on the streets of Kabul.
Kabul Weekly has an attractive colour lay-out and ten pages containing articles in Dari, Pashtu and English. At present, it is the country’s best-known independent publication with the circulations of 7,000 copies, each of which costs 5 Afghani in Kabul city.
Once again, Kabul Weekly and its dedicated staff are determined to take over this responsibility, despite all the ups and downs, and to stay committed to their readers. Fahim Dashty says in the publication editorial: "Some politicians tried to gain us to their cause and propaganda by offering financial and political support; we rejected all of them".
From the first day of suspension, the paper appealed to UNESCO, Reporters Without Borders and the Open Society Institute (OSI), which promised to fund part of the Kabul Weekly budget. In February 1993, UNESCO already granted $12,000 to keep the paper running.
Kabul Weekly began as 12-page newspaper with the circulation of 2,000 copies. It closed down three times in 1993 and 1996 for criticizing the authorities' sparked protests by young people in Afghanistan’s main cities. Its circulation increased each time it was re-launched to grow up to 16 pages and 6,000 copies before being closed by the Taliban. It employed up to 35 journalists and technical staff, equipped with computers, printers and a photo laboratory, all of which was destroyed after the Taliban seized Kabul in September 1996.
Once again, Kabul Weekly and its dedicated staff are determined to take over this responsibility, despite all the ups and downs, and to stay committed to their readers. Fahim Dashty says in the publication editorial: "Some politicians tried to gain us to their cause and propaganda by offering financial and political support; we rejected all of them".
From the first day of suspension, the paper appealed to UNESCO, Reporters Without Borders and the Open Society Institute (OSI), which promised to fund part of the Kabul Weekly budget. In February 1993, UNESCO already granted $12,000 to keep the paper running.
Kabul Weekly began as 12-page newspaper with the circulation of 2,000 copies. It closed down three times in 1993 and 1996 for criticizing the authorities' sparked protests by young people in Afghanistan’s main cities. Its circulation increased each time it was re-launched to grow up to 16 pages and 6,000 copies before being closed by the Taliban. It employed up to 35 journalists and technical staff, equipped with computers, printers and a photo laboratory, all of which was destroyed after the Taliban seized Kabul in September 1996.
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· Afghanistan
· Médias dans les situations de conflits et de post-conflits
· Liberté d'expression : archives des actualités de 2007
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