Tag: Taliban takeover

ANALYSIS: By Zakia Adeli, an East-West Center research fellow in Honolulu Part 2 of a two-part series on the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover....

ANALYSIS: By Mohammad Sadiq Sohail, an East-West Centre research specialist in Honolulu Part 1 of a two-part series on the one-year anniversary of the Taliban...

RNZ News A year on from the fall of Kabul, Australian reporter Lynne O’Donnell returned to Afghanistan -- and now says she’ll never go back. O’Donnell...

RNZ News Afghan women are accusing the Taliban of using a pregnant New Zealand journalist as a publicity tool to show the world they can...

OPEN LETTER: A reply to New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis from Afghanistani mother and former broadcaster Muzhgan Samarqandi My name is Muzhgan Samarqandi and I...

RNZ News A leading epidemiologist says New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) is serving its purpose. The system has come under increasing criticism recently as...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is very disturbed by the “11 journalism rules” that the Taliban announced at a meeting...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks prompted the US to invade Afghanistan, the Taliban announced they have taken the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Taliban to provide immediate guarantees for the freedom and safety of women journalists...

By Marcheilla Ariesta in Jakarta Indonesia, the world's fourth largest country by population with 270 million, has not yet determined its stance towards the Taliban...

New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis asks a key question about women's rights in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover during spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid's first media...

ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney To cover up the humiliating defeat for the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, the Anglo-American media is...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Publicly, the Taliban have undertaken to protect journalists and respect press freedom but the reality in Afghanistan is completely different, says...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist An International Criminal Court official in the Pacific is calling on all parties in the Afghanistan conflict to respect...

ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby A suicide bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday added another dimension to the chaos in Afghanistan as Western forces rush to...

A View From Afar on 26 August 2021. Video: EveningReport.nz Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In this this week's episode of A View from Afar today, Selwyn...

By Filipe Naikaso of FBC News Five Fijians who are based in Afghanistan say they are safe and well. Speaking to FBC News, one of them...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Taliban to immediately cease harassing and attacking journalists for their work, allow...

ANALYSIS: By Keith Locke After the fall of Kabul, the obvious question for New Zealanders is whether we should ever have joined the American war...

By Shanil Singh in Suva Immigration Secretary Yogesh Karan has confirmed that 13 Fijians who are currently stuck in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last...

ANALYSIS: By Azadah Raz Mohammad, The University of Melbourne and Jenna Sapiano, Monash University As the Taliban has taken control of the country, Afghanistan has...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Journalism Research and Education Association of Australia (JERAA) has urged the Australian government to make a strong commitment to supporting...