by NWMI | Oct 11, 2025 | Initiatives, Statements
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference held in the Embassy of Afghanistan in Delhi by the country’s Foreign Minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, on October 10, 2025.
by Anupama Bijur | Oct 20, 2025 | Features, InkSights
On October 10, 2025, women journalists were excluded from a press conference held in New Delhi by Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, who was on a visit to India. Only male journalists were invited to the press conference at the Embassy of Afghanistan....
by Editors | Jun 24, 2022 | Features, Reporter’s Notes
Despite restrictions, diktats and threats, Afghan women journalists continue to work. Guest Post contribution by Afghan journalist A Khan A With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan since August 2021, the media has been hit hardest, and a new and painful chapter has...
by Annie Philip | Jan 19, 2022 | Features, Reporter’s Notes
By Editors Transcript from a recording of Afghan journalist Makia, who talks of her work and life in Afghanistan, and what the Taliban takeover has meant for the media community in the country. Makia is among the lucky ones to have made an escape, first to Pakistan,...
by Annie Philip | Jan 18, 2022 | Features, Reporter’s Notes
By Editors Transcript from a recording of Zenab*, a 25-year old reporter and presenter with Afghanistan International Radio and TV. After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, she left for Turkey with three family members. Others in her family are still in Kabul,...
