Afghanistan - Gunmen stop Jalalabad radio station's broadcasts, beat journalists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday's attack on Radio Hamisheh Bahar (Always Spring) in Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar, by gunmen who beat security guards and journalists and then destroyed transmission equipment, interrupting broadcasting. “The authorities must continue to show a determination to quickly identify and punish those responsible for violence against journalists and news media,” Reporters Without Borders said. “One of the reasons for the (...)

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