Hanan Habibzai

THE INFO-PROPAGANDA DRIVES LIBYAN COVERAGE TOWARD SINGLE FOCUS By Hanan Habibzai Introduction Gaddafi attracts no sympathy within either the Islamic or the western world because during decades of power he appeared to be a rude and selfish leader; therefore, the majority of global news coverage remains pro-rebels, focusing just on how weapons are used, regardless of the consequences for the future of Libya. There is increasing concern that as a result of the destruction created by the bullets, Libya could be marginalised, a fact that disrupts the fair passage of information. There have been many questions recently raised by scholars over the coverage of the Libyan conflict. Who was the intended target of those bullets? Who suffered the most? The wide-ranging info-propaganda presents a biased account of events and consequently innocent people come under pressure. The information coming out of Libya focuses on positive aspects of western engagement and military offences, the ne...

Afghan reporter killed in coordinated Taliban attacks on southern town   By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that  Ahamad Omid Khapolok , a reporter for the  BBC  and the Afghan news agency  Pajhwok , was killed today during Taliban attacks on several buildings in Tarin Kot, the capital of the southern province of Oruzgan. Khapolok was in one of the targeted buildings, the provincial headquarters of the national radio and TV station. “We offer our condolences to Khapolok’s family and friends,” Reporters Without Borders said. “A talented young journalist, he had the courage to work as a reporter in the south of the country, a Taliban bastion. This crime must not go unpunished. We demand the truth about the circumstances of his death. Enemies of media freedom, the Taliban are murdering a still growing number of journalists and ordinary citizens.” Suicide bombers and gunmen began a series of coordinated attacks on several...

By Abdul Ghafoor Liwal Translated: By Hanan Habibzai The first presidential order! Don’t purchase pistols and guns To your wholesome kids Because, They shoot the dolls

The country is situated in a pressurized and tense position, like, a batsman who needs six runs from one ball to win, that only all-rounder Imran khan can hit. By Hanan Habibzai In early 1980s when I just opened my eyes, I found myself under a tent provided by UNHCR, far away from my own hometown in a neighbouring country, inside Punjab province of Pakistan. It was a tough time not only for my family, but for entire Afghan nation. Like other millions of Afghan my family migrated to Pakistan as the Soviets invaded my country. Soon after the invasion, they set up a major army base, the 40 th military regiment near my village, in Baghlan province, north of Afghanistan. At the end of 1979 Russians built their base across the Kabul – Polikhomri high way, and began to raid the nearest houses where only local farmers lived. On first day of the raid they massacred around 40 civilians and arrested dozens others, including children. Among the deaths there were my close relatives, who were s...

AMERICAN ERROR: AFGHANISTAN SUFFERS BECAUSE OF MISGUIDED TERROR POLICY By Hanan Habibzai Finally, Bin Laden the most wanted man has been killed and the news is being celebrated across the United States, the news Americans were waiting for teen years. In fact, this is the biggest news in the world I have heard in the last decade. At last, he was found in a non-Pashtun area in a small town which president Obama refers to as ‘deep inside Pakistan’, in a region where there is the key military academy of the Pakistan army surounded the city. His presence in Pakistan is not a surprise because many Al Qaida members, such as Khalid Shiekh and Al-libey and number of others previously arrested or killed in that country. This makes it clear that Al Qaida is not in Afghanistan but in Pakistan. Bin Laden was a priority in American military invasion of Afghanistan, for that priority thousands of Afghan civilians have been killed during the operations. The civilian casualties since late ...

By Hanan Habibzai Reporters without Borders expresses its concern over the alleged obstruct of journalists trying to cover suicide attacks. The organisation accuses Afghan government that its security forces have beaten several journalists and mistreated by guards when they protested against a denial that prevents media workers to cover a suicide attack on Afghan defence ministry, Tuesday. The France based journalist defend organisation condemns all the techniques that the Afghan security forces use to prevent journalists entering the scene of an armed attack on the defence ministry in Kabul. ‘‘Only crews from a few foreign and Afghan TV stations were allowed to visit the scene of the shooting’’, a statement said. Just few metres from the presidential palace, an unknown armed man wearing Afghan security men’s uniform entered Afghan defence ministry main building which houses the office of minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak. The attacker uses a gun killed two Afghan soldier...