warning for journalists

Western journalists are being warned that terrorists might be planning to take them hostage in Afghanistan.

Western intelligence agencies have credible reports indicating that terrorists plan to lure journalists with offers of interviews.

It warns that anyone travelling by road in the country should only do so with armed protection.

There are unconfirmed reports that Korean government has paid four million dollar for the release of two of the 21 kidnapped Koreans.

Since the Korean hostage crisis Taliban has repeatedly said that they are very happy with their abduction strategy and they will reinforce it.

 

 

first polish soldier died in afghanistan .

A Polish officer was killed during an attack on a military convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, making him the first soldier from Poland to be killed in the Afghan mission, the defense minister said.
2nd Lt. Lukasz Kurowski, 28, was killed in an exchange of fire some 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of a base in the city of Gardez, Aleksander Szczyglo said on TVN24 television.
Kurowski was immediately taken to a hospital, but died on the way, Szczyglo said.
He is the first fatality among the 1,200 troops that Poland has stationed in Afghanistan as part of a NATO mission. In Iraq, Poland has reported the deaths of 21 soldiers.
Polish troops are stations in Paktya and Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan.
A battle group of B company is stationed in Andare district of southern Ghazni. Polish troops are laying on Taliban and Alqaida communication line. Most of Taliban foreign supporters are entering Afghanistan from waziristan of Pakistan. Their route to southern Afghanistan goes pass southern paktia and andare district of Ghazni.
Polish forward basis are not under direct pressure from local Taliban but patrol remains a challenge. Going out on patrol means a good chance of coming across a militant caravan.

i am also hearing reports that there was an attack on foreign troops in kabul. according to kabul police cheif the attack happened fifteen minutes ago and three german soldiers has been killed

it's unclear yet, if it was a mine or a suicide attack.

journalists letter to Mr. president

Your Excellency Hamid Karzai

Abdul Karim Khuram Minister of Information and Culture

Media Complaints and violation commission

We would like to take this opportunity to bring to your kind attention Kamran Mir Hazar’s case, after his unlawful arrest by the NDS on 4^th July 2007 he was referred to media complaints and violation commission for assessment of the alleged violation. The commission issued its verdict on Thursday 9^th Aug and sent their conclusion to Kamran on the same day.

On that same day Kamran was kidnapped by NDS again for questioning and intimidation. This is despite the resolution of media commission which didn’t find Kamran in direct violation of the law.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that NDS sent the case to the commission for consideration and he was released from NDS jail, bailed out by journalist union, he was re-arrested by the NDS. In the one month period when the media commission was assessing his case, Kamran was under surveillance by NDS and he remained under illegal house arrest by the NDS.

The Ministry of Information and Culture and the Commission, which, is responsible for the implementation and safeguarding of the media law and freedom of speech showed no reaction to aforementioned three violations of NDS (two illegal arrestments and one month long house-arrest and surveillance)

Therefore, Afghan journalists kindly requests Mr. President, Ministry of Information and Culture and the Commission to condemn and react against the illegal action of NDS and take the necessary steps to put an end to the illegal action of NDS.

If the Afghan government and the media commission do not take any action, the journalists will have no option but to launch mass protest at national and international level against NDS, in the framework of Afghan law.

Kind Regards,

Afghan Journalists

نامه خبرنگاران به رئیس جمهور

بنام خداوند جان و خرد

به جلالتماب رئیس حامد کرزی رئیس جمهور افغانستان

وزير محترم اطلاعات و فرهنگ کشور

کميسيون بررسی شکايات و رسيدگی به تخلفات رسانه ای

با عرض سلام نگاشته می شود که دوسيه ی کامران ميرهزار، خبرنگار راديو سلام وطندار و سردبير سايت اينترنتی کابل پرس، پس از بازداشت غير قانونی توسط امنيت ملی در تاريخ 13 سرطان سال روان، به کميسيون بررسی شکايات و رسيدگی به تخلفات رسانه ای ارسال شد که اين کميسيون روز 5 شنبه 18 اسد به صورت رسمی فيصله خود را به دفتر کامران ارسال نمود. متاسفانه علی رغم اينکه دوسيه بعد ازتخلف قانونی آشکار توسط امنيت ملی افغانستان، به کميسيون بررسی شکايات و رسيدگی به تخلفات رسانه ای ارجاع شد و نيز اتحاديه ی ملی ژورناليستان افغانستان ضمانت ايشان را بر عهده داشت،ايشان در همان روز 5 شنبه 18 اسد سال روان، دوباره به صورت غير قانونی توسط نيروهای امنيت ملی ربود شد. در طی يک ماه اخير نيز آقای کامران ميرهزار باز هم به صورت غير قانونی تحت نظارت و تعقيب نيروهای امنيت ملی قرار داشت.

متاسفانه علی رغم اينکه وزارت اطلاعات و فرهنگ و کميسيون بررسی شکايات و رسيدگی به تخلفات رسانه ای، وظيفه ی حفاظت و نگهداری از قانون رسانه های همگانی و آزادی بيان را بر عهده دارد اما در واکنش به سه مورد تخلف آشکار امنيت ملی افغانستان (بازداشت غيرقانونی اول و دوم و نيز تعقيب و گريز غير قانونی در طول يکماه) از خود هيچ واکنشی نشان نداده است. بدينوسيله خبرنگاران افغانستان از رئیس جمهور افغانستان محترم حامد کرزی، وزارت محترم اطلاعات و فرهنگ و همچنين کميسيون بررسی شکايات و رسيدگی به تخلفات رسانه ای می خواهد بنابر وظيفه ی قانونی خود، نسبت به سه مورد اقدام غير قانونی رياست امنيت ملی افغانستان، واکنش کاملا جدی، اکيد و اعتراض آميز نشان داده و مانع از ادامه ی اقدامات غير قانونی در آينده شود.

در صورتی که دولت افغانستان، وزارت اطلاعات و فرهنگ و کميسيون بررسی شکايات و رسيدگی به تخلفات رسانه ای، نسبت به اين موارد تخلف آشکار، بی توجهی نشان دهند، خبرنگاران افغانستان ناچار خواهند بود که دست به اعتراضات گسترده در سطح داخلی و بين المللی، در چوکات قانون، بزنند.

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