Pajhwok Afghan News (Pashto: پژواک خبري اژانس) (Dari: آژانس خبرى پژواک) is Afghanistan's largest independent news agency with its headquarters in Kabul.[2][3][4] In addition to 24-hour general news reporting, it also publishes special investigative reports about important topics relating to Afghanistan, including political corruption.[5][6][7] The agency has eight regional bureaus and a nationwide network of reporters and correspondents. Pajhwok delivers an average daily output of three dozen stories in English, Pashto and Dari languages. The news agency also provides photographs, video footage and audio clips to international wire agencies, televisions and radio stations.[8]
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| Type | Independent news agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 by Danish Karokhel |
| Motto | Reflecting the Truth |
| Headquarters | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Area | Afghanistan |
| Owner | Danish Karokhel[1] |
Key people | Danish Karokhel |
Launch date | March 2004 |
Official website | pajhwok.com |
| Language | English, Dari, Pashto |
Owned and operated entirely by Afghans, Pajhwok Afghan News claims to have no political affiliations.[8] Its founder and director is Danish Karokhel. Pajhwok is a Pashto word[9] meaning reflection or echo in both Pashto and Dari.[8][10]
Pajhwok staff and awards
editPajhwok Afghan News (PAN) has received many national and international press awards in the last two decades.[11] These include:
- PAN's director Danish Karokhel won the 2008 CPJ International Press Freedom Award.
- PAN's reporter Weeda Baraki won the best feature-writing award in 2013.[12]
- PAN's journalist Fayyaz Umari won the best photojournalist award in 2016.[13]
- PAN's reporters Bashir Ahmad Naadim, Zirak Fahim and Bismillah Pashtunmal won Voice of America media awards in 2018.[14]
- PAN's reporter Navid Ahmad Barakzai won "journalist of the year award" in 2019.[15]
- PAN won Media & Mission of Anti-Corruption award in March 2021.[16]
- PAN's editor Abasin Zaheer became a recipient of a UNDP award in December 2021.[17]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Danish Karokhel". Reporters Without Borders. January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Committee to Protect Journalists (2009). Attacks on the Press in 2008: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Committee to Protect Journalists. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-944823-28-6. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Unlikely Stories, or the Making of an Afghan News Agency". Pulitzer Center. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Peter Eichstaedt (February 2009). First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army. Chicago Review Press. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-56976-260-8.
- ^ "MEHWAR: Smuggling of Ventilators Discussed". TOLOnews. June 23, 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "Taliban Controls 52% of Territory in Afghanistan: Survey". TOLOnews. February 13, 2021. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "RSF Honors Afghan Female Reporter For 'Courageous Journalism'". TOLOnews. June 15, 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ a b c About us. Pajhwok Afghan News.
- ^ https://www.qamosona.com
- ^ "Danish Karokhel and Farida Nekzad, Director and Deputy Director, Pajhwok Afghan News". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Tanha, Mohammad Gul (7 January 2015). "Book titled Professional Journalism launched".
- ^ Khitab, Hassan (5 May 2013). "Journalists receive NAI awards".
- ^ Khitab, Hassan (5 May 2016). "Pajhwok staffer wins best photojournalist award".
- ^ Kakar, Javed Hamim (7 September 2018). "Pajhwok reporters win all 3 VoA media awards".
- ^ Salehi, Zarghona (18 March 2019). "Pajhwok reporter Barakzai wins 'Journalist of the Year award'".
- ^ Hasrat, Ahmad Sohaib (18 March 2021). "Pajhwok wins Media & Mission of Anti-Corruption award".
- ^ Sail, Abdul Raqeeb (9 December 2021). "Pajhwok editor among winners of anti-graft award".