news and media

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• - Daily news, articles, information and announcements on Afghanistan and Afghan politics, by the Institute for Afghan Studies (IAS).
  
• - Offers news and information on the media landscape in the country, and reports on the organisation's projects to train journalists and provide technical assistance.
  
• - A new law guaranteeing freedom of the press ends years of censorship.
  
• - News on Afghanistan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
  
• - Latest news, articles (serious and lighthearted), and cartoons presented by Ariana Afghan Media.
  
• - A collection of news sources.
  
• - Report on the radio program "Good Morning Afghanistan". New York Times, US [free registration required].
  
• - A report on the new freedom of press, by Vivienne Walt.
  
• - Key issues, Canadian involvement, and the people and places in the news in Afghanistan. Includes links to audio and video footage.
  
• - Political publication of Afghanistan's communists.
  
• - News service drawing on major international sources.
  
• - Links to newspapers and news sources about Afghanistan.
  
• - Contains updated daily news on Afghanistan.
  
• - Organization based in Paris, supporting the development of media and cultural expression in Afghanistan. Presentation of projects and supported publications, including information on journalism training and the Kabul Media and Culture Center.
  
• - Under new legislation television channels must cut sequences of romantic or sexual nature, and female singers are banned from radio programs.
  
• - Current news and articles about issues relating to Afghans drawn from major media sources.
  
• - Homepage of the non-governmental press agency. Includes the websites of RAHA, an international organization of independent writers, and links for related websites.
  
• - Updated news headlines, world news and financial markets.
  
• - Provides news stories and links, articles, maps and pictures relating to the country. Website managed by expatriates.
  
• - Full text for download [pdf]. Explains international journalism and provides practical guidance on the basic techniques.
  
• - Maggie Brown reports on a seminar hosted by the government to push forward a reform of the country's media, and the current press laws.
  
• - Regularly updated links to news stories about the country.
  
• - Weekly reports in Dari, Pashto and English on human rights and media issues, and information on the IWPR's efforts to train Afghan journalists.
  
• - Reports on the work and future projects of the Open Media Fund.
  
• - A 24 hour a day Afghan radio on the Internet playing contemporary and classical songs, where one may request their favourite Dari or Pashto song.
  
• - Aims to strengthen the development of media in the country, by providing training for journalists to students in Kabul, Herat and Mazar-I-Sharif, and by establishing mobile educative campaigns like the mobile theatre project and the election awareness ca