CPJ Insider: The crisis in Afghanistan continues

Must-reads

In her “Doha Diary,” CPJ’s Lucy Westcott recounts her meetings with Afghan journalists and her work to ensure they were able to find new homes. 

CPJ’s Emergencies director Maria Salazar Ferro highlights CPJ’s efforts on helping Afghan journalists and describes how there “remains a lot of uncertainty and a lot of fear about what’s to come.”

In a Q&A with CPJ, Saad Mohseni—CEO of the Moby Group, which heads Tolo News—discusses how the Afghan media is playing “an important role in providing people with hope.

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CPJ in the news

“How the US helped, and hampered, the escape of Afghan journalists,” The New York Times

“Afghan journalists need US help,” The Wall Street Journal

“‘I thought this was the end of my life’: Afghan journalists describe savage beatings by Taliban,” CNN

“Violent attacks on Afghan journalists by Taliban prompt growing alarm,” The Guardian

“Top Afghan TV network stays on-air despite fear of Taliban,” Dawn

“Afghan VOA reporters stuck in Kabul fear they will be forgotten, says colleague who made it out,” NBC