Afghanistan Media

Media is a phenomenon that exists in all free societies. It is meant to inform, educate and entertain people, creating national unity and exposing truth to the public.

Afghan media has a long history. The first ever newspaper in Afghanistan was the "Shamsu nahar" has been published 1290 Hjir Qamari during the King Amir Shir Ali Khan reign.

At a time when people only had very basic means for survival, Afghanistan was showing its value of knowledge and opinion by publishing Shamsu nahar.

Soon after, another newspaper called Sarjul Akhbar Afghaniya was launched during the reign of Amir Habibullah.

In 1307 Hijri Shamsi, under the reign of King Amanullah, Afghanistan created its first ever electronic media, Radio.

Later on, in 1357, under the reign of President Dawood Khan, Afghan TV started to broadcast.
Today, we have more that 90 Radio stations and approximately 40 TV stations.

Additionally Afghanistan has over 500 print media and more than 10 news agencies in the country. The number of media and its growing range of work is the result of the cooperation between the world community and the Afghan government.

This achievement is an outstanding accomplishment in regard to freedom of speech and people‘s civil rights. Freedom of speech is protected in our constitution and is the right of every media organization and individual in Afghanistan.

By Sadia Hasanzada