CFWIJ and WPF are deeply concerned about the protection and safety of Afghan journalist Nahid Askari following the Pakistani government's recent crackdown on Afghan migrants residing in Pakistan.

Taliban officers forcefully enter offices of the Hamisha Bahar outlet, subjecting women journalist participants to threats and verbal harassment, forcing the newsroom to close.

Foreign correspondent Susannah George banned from Afghanistan. The Coalition For Women In Journalism demands the Taliban retracts its decision and allow press to work freely.

Taliban shuts down women-led broadcaster Radio Sadai Banowan in retaliation for airing educational programs.

The Taliban arrested journalist and human rights activist Zarifa Yaqoubi, along with other women reporters, from a press conference in west Kabul.

Photographer and independent reporter Stefanie Glinski has been forced to deport from Afghanistan and denied re-entry.

Selgay Ehsas, a sports presenter with the independent broadcaster Radio Dost, was exposed to beating and harassment by several men armed with rifles.

Australian journalist Lynne O’ Donnell was forced to denounce the integrity of her work and apologize for her reporting or face a prison term.

Radio journalist Maryam Madadi was among nine killed in a series of explosions that hit the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

VICE’s award-winning journalist Isobel Yeung was not allowed to work in Kabul as Taliban authorities instructed her to “immediately” leave the country.

In the latest rollback on women’s rights, the Taliban have ordered women to cover their faces when in public.

In a fresh wave of violations against press freedom, the Taliban government has hit international media outlets with broadcast bans.

The Taliban has released a new media mandate for the country listed in 11 clauses. The stipulations are vague and precariously open to interpretation, posing further risk to the media. The Taliban’s rise has affected the lives of women journalists, activists, and other social workers in the country by prohibiting them from working. As several Afghan women journalists have managed to flee, many still plead for help while evading the Taliban’s watch.

A woman journalist was beaten and her equipment was broken by the Taliban forces while covering the women’s demonstrators at Dasht-e-Barchi. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) is extremely alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating situation in the country. We urge the Taliban leadership to allow women journalists and all-female employees to continue their work.

Female anchor Beheshta Arghand left Afghanistan due to the deteriorating political conditions in the country. Arghand came into public view after interviewing Maulvi Abdulhaq Hemad, a high ranking Taliban representative earlier in August for TOLO News. The interview got international attention since this was the first time a Taliban representative had given an interview to an Afghan woman journalist.