Press freedom, journalists’ safety must be pre-conditions for Afghan peace talks

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on countries involved in the search for peace in Afghanistan to do everything possible to protect the media and journalists and to insist, as a prior condition for any talks, that the Taliban give a clear undertaking to respect international humanitarian law’s basic treaties, starting with the Geneva Conventions. Two months after Zalmay Khalilzad was appointed as US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation and after several attempts to negotiate with the T

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