Not a good year for Journos in Afghanistan
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Here is a round up of 2008
- Jan. 14, 2008: Carsten Thomassen, political commentator and war correspondent for the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet, died during an attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul.
- June 7, 2008: Afghan journalist Abdul Samad Rohani who was working for the British Broadcasting Corp. and the Afghan news agency Pajhwok, was abducted in Helmand Province. He was found dead the following day. Reporters Without Borders stated that he had apparently been tortured and then shot three times.
- Oct 12 to Nov. 8, 2008: CBC reporter Mellissa Fung was kidnapped by bandits while travelling to a refugee camp outside Kabul. She spent a month in captivity, most of it in a small hole.
- Sept. 9, 2009: Sultan Mohammad Munadi was an Afghan journalist, reporter, production manager and translator/fixer for the New York Times. He died during a British Special Boat Service special forces raid meant to rescue him and reporter Stephen Farrell, who were both captured by Taliban forces near Kunduz four days earlier.
- Dec 30, 2009: Michelle Lang, 34, a reporter with the Calgary Herald, was killed along with an unknown number of soldiers while travelling with a Provincial Reconstruction Team.
- Other journalists who have died in Afghanistan include Ulf Stromberg from TV4 in 2001; Abdul Qodus from Aryana TV in 2006; Karen Fischer, a freelancer, in 2006; Christian Struwe, a freelancer, in 2006; Ajmal Naqshbandi, a freelancer, in 2007; and Zakia Zaki from Sada-i-Sulh in 2007.
The list is not complete and does not mention the journos injured or kidnapped, lets hope it does not grow too much in 2010.....
- Jan. 14, 2008: Carsten Thomassen, political commentator and war correspondent for the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet, died during an attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul.
- June 7, 2008: Afghan journalist Abdul Samad Rohani who was working for the British Broadcasting Corp. and the Afghan news agency Pajhwok, was abducted in Helmand Province. He was found dead the following day. Reporters Without Borders stated that he had apparently been tortured and then shot three times.
- Oct 12 to Nov. 8, 2008: CBC reporter Mellissa Fung was kidnapped by bandits while travelling to a refugee camp outside Kabul. She spent a month in captivity, most of it in a small hole.
- Sept. 9, 2009: Sultan Mohammad Munadi was an Afghan journalist, reporter, production manager and translator/fixer for the New York Times. He died during a British Special Boat Service special forces raid meant to rescue him and reporter Stephen Farrell, who were both captured by Taliban forces near Kunduz four days earlier.
- Dec 30, 2009: Michelle Lang, 34, a reporter with the Calgary Herald, was killed along with an unknown number of soldiers while travelling with a Provincial Reconstruction Team.
- Other journalists who have died in Afghanistan include Ulf Stromberg from TV4 in 2001; Abdul Qodus from Aryana TV in 2006; Karen Fischer, a freelancer, in 2006; Christian Struwe, a freelancer, in 2006; Ajmal Naqshbandi, a freelancer, in 2007; and Zakia Zaki from Sada-i-Sulh in 2007.
The list is not complete and does not mention the journos injured or kidnapped, lets hope it does not grow too much in 2010.....
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